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A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killingherself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from aneighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots,authorities said. Thirty-three-year-old Tonya Thomas fatally shot her four children,who ranged in age from 12 to 17, said Lt. Tod Goodyear, a spokesmanfor the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. Fled to neighbours Three of the children had gone to a neighbor's front door beforedawn to say their mother had shot them. The mother then called thechildren back to the house and killed them, Goodyear said. "From what the neighbors said, she was very calm. She walked outand called them back. They turned around and walked back to thehouse," Goodyear said. The neighbor then heard gunshots and called 911. Another neighbor told deputies that Thomas sent a text message inthe middle of the night saying she wanted to be cremated with herchildren. "He didn't see the text until he woke up this morning," Goodyearsaid. Deputies identified the children as Pebbles Johnson, 17; JaxsJohnson, 15; Jazlin Johnson, 13; and Joel Johnson, 12. The shooting happened in Port St. John, about 24 kilometres west ofCape Canaveral in an area known as the "Space Coast" because it isthe home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the location of numerousfamed shuttle launches. Previous domestic complaints A spokesman for the Department of Children and Families wouldn'timmediately comment on whether the family had a history with theagency. Goodyear said deputies had responded to the house fordomestic complaints previously. Jamie Hudson, whose mother lives two doors down from the family,said the boys in the family were known to shoot BBs at a homeacross the street and had threatened to set it on fire. "It has been an ongoing problem on our street with them," Hudsonsaid. Goodyear said Jaxs Johnson had recently been arrested on a domesticviolence charge. He said he didn't know if the boy had been accusedof hitting his mother or causing damage at the house. A pastor at the church the family attended described it as "normalstuff." "I think he was punching some walls or something," said JarvisWash, pastor of the Real Church in Rockledge, Fla. Wash said the family attended services last Sunday but had beenabsent for a few weeks before that. "I don't know what could have happened in the past couple of days,"Wash said. "It's a tragedy to the church and the community.". The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Diode laser Hair removal machine(808nm) Manufacturer , microdermabrasion machine, and more. For more , please visit E-Light (IPl&RF) Beauty Equipment today!
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