- Krisinda Bright, 48, charged with two counts of homicide for the shooting deaths of her son, Jeffrey Bright, 16, and daughter Jasmine Cannady, 22
- Bright, from Ambridge, Pennsylvania, met police outside her home with her children’s dried blood on her clothes and hands
- Police found Jeffrey dead from gunshot wounds to the head and face in the basement, and Jasmine dead in upstairs bedroom
- Bright allegedly admitted to the killings, saying she first shot her daughter, then tried to shoot her son, but the gun would not fire
- She said teen begged her, ‘Please don’t shoot,’ but she fixed the gun and pulled the trigger
- After realizing her son was still alive, Bright allegedly said she shot him again so he would not suffer
Police in Pennsylvania found a mother standing on a porch with dried blood on her hands and clothes after she allegedly shot dead her grown daughter and 16-year-old trans son.
Krisinda Bright, 48, called officers to her home on Maplewood Avenue in Ambridge at 1.30pm on Monday and met them outside.
When police arrived they observed her gory clothes and hands, and asked her if she was bleeding. Bright replied that the blood was from her two children.
Krisinda Bright, 48 (left), has been charged with two counts of homicide for the shooting deaths of her trans son, Jeffrey Bright, 16, and daughter Jasmine Cannady, 22 (pictured together, right)
Bright called the police on Monday and met them caked in dried blood outside her home in Ambridge, Pennsylvania (pictured)
Officials said they discovered a ‘gruesome scene’ inside the two-story brick home
Interim Police Chief John Deluca said officers found ‘a gruesome scene’ inside Bright’s two-story brick home.
Bright’s children, born Kiara Bright, 16, who was transitioning from female to male and went by the name Jeffrey, and Jasmine Cannady, 22, were shot in the head and face, the Beaver County coroner said.
The mother was taken to the county jail without incident and was charged with two counts of homicide.
During a police interview, Bright allegedly admitted to the killings, telling detectives that she shot her daughter while she was lying in bed in an upstairs bedroom, reported KDKA.
Bright allegedly went downstairs to shoot Jeffrey (left and right), but the gun would not fire. She told police the teen begged her, ‘Please don’t shoot,’ but she fixed the gun and shot him in the head and face
Jeffrey, born Kiara Bright, was transitioning from female to male and was known to his loved ones as ‘JJ’
She then went downstairs and pointed the gun at her son, who she said begged her: ‘please don’t shoot, I’m gonna call the police,’ according to the complaint.
Bright pulled the trigger but the gun did not fire. The mother then fixed the gun and shot Jeffrey in the face.
According to a criminal complaint, Bright said the teen was still moving and was not dead, so she shot him again because she said she did not want him to suffer.
Crime scene investigators found Cannady in an upstairs bedroom and her brother in the basement. Both siblings had been shot in the head and face.
The motive for the shootings was unclear.
‘As far as I saw, she was always good to her kids. Her kids were always happy,’ neighbor Sam Bruno told WPXI. ‘I just feel really bad for her. I feel worse for her kids for what happened here.’
Jeffrey Bright, who went by the nickname ‘JJ,’ was a student at Ambridge High School.
Jasmine Cannady was allegedly gunned down by her mother as she lay in bed upstairs
Bright told police when she realized Jeffrey was still alive, she shot him a second time so he would not suffer
District officials posted a statement offering condolences and providing assistance to students, parents and teachers.
Transfamily of NWPA, a support group serving the transgender community of northwestern Pennsylvania, on Tuesday posted a status update on Facebook, mourning the boy’s death.
‘JJ was a beautiful person with the biggest and brightest smile,’ the message read. ‘We will miss your laugh. We will miss your jokes. You will never be forgotten.’
