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Veterinarian mom-of-three who killed two Bay St. Louis officers at Mississippi Motel 6 in front of her 10-year-old daughter didn’t commit suicide, investigators now say

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Key pieces of information about the state’s investigation into the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wlox&period;com&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;14&sol;woman-talked-officers-30-minutes-before-firing-deadly-shots-investigators-say&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">deaths of two Bay St&period; Louis Police officers<&sol;a>&comma; and an Ocean Springs woman reveals that <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Two Mississippi cops were shot and killed by a mom sitting with her young child on Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Anderson&comma; a local veterinarian&comma; was parked outside a Motel 6 in Bay St&period; Louis&comma; Mississippi&comma; when officers arrived for a wellness check <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>They spoke with her for 30 minutes before she opened fire when they said they were calling Child Protective Services <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>One officer died on the scene and the other in hospital&period; Anderson was found dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to her chest <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Amy Anderson&comma; 43&comma; was also killed&comma; and it was thought that she shot herself <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Investigators say Anderson believed she was being followed by a white truck&comma; and asked the motel clerk to call 911 for help<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Anderson’s 8-year-old daughter was in the front passenger seat when the deadly shootings happened <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The bullet that killed Anderson was not self-inflicted&comma; but from one of the officer <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332728&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Investigators say a total of five shots were fired&comma; three by Anderson&comma; two by Estorffe <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;image-27&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-424893" width&equals;"637" height&equals;"530"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Amy Anderson believed she was being followed by a white truck&comma; and asked the motel clerk to call 911 for help&period; Latest reports say she was shot dead by of the officers she also shot dead during an exchange of fire<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mississippi news station WLOX News <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wlbt&period;com&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;16&sol;woman-who-killed-two-bay-st-louis-officers-didnt-commit-suicide-investigators-now-say&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;snd&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;wlbt">reports<&sol;a> that several new&comma; key pieces of information about the state’s investigation into the early Wednesday morning deaths of two Bay St&period; Louis Police officers&comma; and a woman reveals among other facts that Ocean Springs resident Amy Anderson believed she was being followed by a white truck&comma; and asked the motel clerk to call 911 for help&period; <br>The report also reveals the bullet that killed mom-of-three Anderson was not self-inflicted&comma; but from one of the officers&comma; adding that Anderson’s 8-year-old daughter was in the front passenger seat when the deadly shootings happened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;image-25&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-424887" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"756"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Mississippi police Sgt&period; Steven Robin&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and officer Branden Estorffe&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; were both killed in a Motel 6 parking lot&comma; in Bay St&period; Louis&comma; after exchanging fire with a woman whom they had gone to meet at the motel after she placed a 911 call&comma; believing she was being followed<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell Friday released a more detailed timeline of Wednesday morning’s events&period; <br>It states that at 3&colon;35 a&period;m&period;&comma; a distressed Amy Anderson asked the clerk at the Motel 6 to call 911&period; Four minutes later&comma; Sergeant Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe arrived and met with Anderson in her motel room&period; Anderson’s 8-year-old daughter and three dogs were also in the room&period;<br>Why was Anderson at the Bay St&period; Louis motel when she lived in Ocean Springs&quest; Tindell said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She believed that she was being followed&period;” <br>Tindell said based on what he observed on Officer Estorffe’s body camera&comma; the officers talked with Anderson for about 40 minutes&period; A portion of the talk was described by Tindell as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pleasant conversation&period;”<br>However&comma; the pleasant chat took a dark turn&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;During the course of the conversations with Ms&period; Anderson&comma; the officers became concerned for the safety of her daughter&comma;” said Tindell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'349' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;0MIEX4Ld&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>Investigator photographs a body&comma; believed to be Amy Anderson&comma; <strong>inside a Toyota&comma;<&sol;strong> parked outside a Motel 6 in Bay St&period; Louis&comma; Mississippi on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He wouldn’t elaborate on what made them concerned&comma; only saying&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She had made a number of comments that had the officers concerned for the safety of the child&period;” <br>A decision was made by the two officers to call Child Protective Services&period;<br>A little more than a half hour into the talk&comma; Anderson packed up her stuff and headed to the car&period; Tindell said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ms&period; Anderson was loading up her car and was apparently attempting to leave the hotel&period; They were trying to keep her there until Child Protective Services could arrive&period;”<br>At 4&colon;19&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ms&period; Anderson&comma; while seated in her car&comma; shot and killed Officer Robin&comma;” said Tindell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;image-29&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-424901" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"816"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Army veterinarian Amy Anderson &lbrack;center&rsqb; via her Facebook profile pictured with her three children&period; The youngest&comma; aged 8&comma; was in the front seat during the exchange of fire with police<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;Motel-6-in-Bay-St-Louis-Misissippi-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-424897"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">The incident happened in the parking of a Motel 6 in Bay St&period; louis in Mississippi in the early hours of Wednesday<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Commissioner Sean Tindell said Sgt&period; Robin was at the door of Anderson’s vehicle when he was shot and killed&period; Officer Estorffe and Anderson then exchanged two shots each&period; Estorffe was hit in the arm and head&comma; while Anderson took a fatal shot in the chest&period; Estorffe was treated for his injuries&comma; but later died at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport&period; Anderson died at the scene&period; Officials say she had a Glock semi-automatic pistol&period; <br>Investigators say a total of five shots were fired&comma; three by Anderson&comma; two by Estorffe&period; Throughout the gun battle&comma; the eight-year-old daughter was in the front passenger seat&period; An elderly couple staying at the motel raced to the vehicle after the shooting to help get the child away from the scene&period; Officials say she’s now staying with family&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know what she saw&comma;” said Tindell&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;but she was there&period;”<br>Based on what Tindell reviewed&comma; he hailed the officers for reaching out to CPS&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s my belief their fears were justified&period; There is little doubt in my mind the actions that they took very well could have saved the lives of others&period;” <br>Estorffe was the only officer with a body camera&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;Mississippi-cops-tow-Amy-Andersons-car&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-424899"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Mississippi law enforcement tow Anderson&&num;8217&semi;s vehicle<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;Mississippi-Bureau-of-of-Investigations-investigators-inspect-police-cruiser-at-sene-where-cops-were-shot-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-424903" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"539"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Cops inspect he slain officers&&num;8217&semi; police cruiser<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Investigators are waiting for the autopsy and toxicology report to determine if drugs played a factor in this incident&period;<br>Anderson had three children&period; The older two were with their father&period; The eight-year-old was still with her mother because she has a different father&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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