A 42-year-old Waxahachie mother is facing two capital murder counts after deputies found her sons shot dead and her bleeding from self-inflicted wounds inside a North Texas trailer.
The New York Post reported that Ellis County Sheriff’s deputies rushed to a mobile home in the 500 block of Big Sky Drive around 4 a.m. Thursday after Colleen Lemmon, also identified as Colleen Nichole Lemmon, allegedly opened fire on her two sons and then turned the violence on herself.
Christopher Pitre, 21, was found dead inside the home. Brian Pitre, 15, was taken to an area hospital in critical condition and later died from his injuries.
Authorities said Friday that Lemmon had been booked into the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie on two counts of capital murder. The booking was dated Oct. 1, 2026.
An arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 4 described deputies finding Lemmon drenched in blood, with self-inflicted lacerations on her wrists and a handgun nearby.
She reportedly told responding officers a blunt confession.
Responding officers, per the affidavit account, heard her say:
"I shot both my kids."
Police said the boys had been shot in the head. Motive remained unclear at the time of the report.
Ellis County Criminal Investigations Division did not immediately respond when asked for further comment.
Scott Pitre, the boys’ father, told NBC 5 that Brian had just celebrated his 15th birthday. He also said he wants justice.
That detail lands hard. One son was barely into his teens. The other was 21. Both are dead after a single overnight call to a trailer on Big Sky Drive.
Sheriff Brad Norman issued a brief statement of condolence focused on the surviving family.
Sheriff Norman said:
"My deepest sympathies go out to the victims’ father, family members and loved ones involved in this tragic incident."
He added:
"They will remain in our prayers during this difficult time."
Neighbor Ida Brown spoke to FOX 4 about the shock on the block.
Brown said:
"It’s heartbreaking, and I’m praying for them."
She went further:
"I’m praying for God just to let me understand, you know. There is no understanding, I guess, but it just hurts, and I didn’t even know them and it hurts."
Brown did not claim special insight into the family. She described plain grief from next door, the kind that hits when violence erupts in an ordinary stretch of homes and leaves two sons dead.
Lemmon, 42, of Waxahachie, now sits under two capital murder counts tied to the deaths of Christopher and Brian Pitre. Ellis County Sheriff’s Office materials identified her booking at the Wayne McCollum Detention Center and the charges she faces after authorities said she shot and killed her sons.
The sequence laid out by law enforcement is stark: overnight response at the trailer, one son dead at the scene, the second dying after hospital treatment, the mother found cut and bloody with a handgun close by, and a reported admission at the scene.
No public motive filled the gap. No extended explanation from investigators appeared in the initial account. What did appear was the charging decision and the father’s stated demand for justice.
Family violence cases often draw soft language and hurried excuses once the headlines fade. This one arrives with bodies, a reported confession, and capital murder counts already on the books.
Two sons are dead, their father wants justice, and the charges should be pursued without delay or dilution.
