LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A California woman shot and killed herself while driving in southern New Mexico after her 9-year-old daughter refused her mother's request to kill her, authorities said.
The girl told investigators that her mother began to breathe heavily – possibly from an asthma or emphysema attack – and handed over a 9 mm handgun.
"She told her to shoot her. And she wouldn't," State police Lt. Roman Jimenez said. "The daughter said she has had these kinds of attacks before, but she'd never been suicidal."