Mom, teen daughter useless after double capturing in Hammond dwelling

HAMMOND, La. (WVUE) – A mom and her 17-year-old daughter died early Saturday (Nov. 12) after being shot inside a house on Stephenson Lane in Hammond, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace stated.

Chief Jimmy Travis recognized the victims as 37-year-old Brandy Smith and her daughter Raven Smith. The mom was pronounced useless on the scene, whereas the teenager woman died a short while after arriving at North Oaks Medical Heart, the TPSO stated.

Travis stated the investigation is ongoing, and requested anybody with details about what he described as “this heinous crime” to contact TPSO detectives at (985-345-6150) or Crimestoppers of Tangipahoa at (800-554-5245).

Ideas additionally will be submitted at www.tangicrimestoppers.com.

That is the second double capturing to assert the lives of a mom and teenage daughter on the North Shore in lower than a month. On Oct. 18, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Workplace stated 43-year-old Tara Book killed her 23-year-old daughter Brittany Buras and then took her own life in a murder-suicide in Mandeville.

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