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Teen accused of murdering family "couldn't control" urge to kill—court docs

A teenager accused of murdering two family members in Nevada said she "couldn't control the urge to kill somebody," according to court documents cited by a local outlet. Mashenka Reid, 17, is charged with two counts of open murder. Reid was arrested in Reno on Friday after she allegedly called 911 and told a dispatcher that she had shot her father and brother. "I couldn't control the urge to kill somebody," she told the dispatcher, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Reno Gazette Journal. Stock photo shows...

Teen accused of murder allegedly said she ‘couldn’t resist the urge to kill’

RENO, Nev. (KOLO/Gray News) - A Nevada teenager is facing open murder charges after she allegedly shot her father and younger brother because she “couldn’t resist the urge to kill somebody,” court documents say. Reno Police booked 17-year-old Mashenka Ann Marie Reid on adult charges of open murder Saturday. Open murder means the alleged crime could be first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter, KOLO reports. Officers responded around 4 p.m. Friday to a home on Silver Sky Parkway in Stead after a neighbor reported hearing what sounded like muffled gunshots...

Teen accused of murder allegedly said she ‘couldn’t resist the urge to kill’

RENO, Nev. (KOLO/Gray News) - A Nevada teenager is facing open murder charges after she allegedly shot her father and younger brother because she “couldn’t resist the urge to kill somebody,” court documents say. Reno Police booked 17-year-old Mashenka Ann Marie Reid on adult charges of open murder Saturday. Open murder means the alleged crime could be first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter, KOLO reports. Officers responded around 4 p.m. Friday to a home on Silver Sky Parkway in Stead after a neighbor reported hearing what sounded like muffled gunshots...

Teen accused of murder allegedly said she ‘couldn’t resist the urge to kill’

RENO, Nev. (KOLO/Gray News) - A Nevada teenager is facing open murder charges after she allegedly shot her father and younger brother because she “couldn’t resist the urge to kill somebody,” court documents say. Reno Police booked 17-year-old Mashenka Ann Marie Reid on adult charges of open murder Saturday. Open murder means the alleged crime could be first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter, KOLO reports. Officers responded around 4 p.m. Friday to a home on Silver Sky Parkway in Stead after a neighbor reported hearing what sounded like muffled gunshots...

Nevada teen allegedly said she ‘couldn’t control the urge to kill’ after slaying dad, brother

A 17-year-old Nevada girl has been arrested on charges that include murder after allegedly calling police in Reno and saying she’d fatally shot her father and younger brother because she "couldn't control the urge to kill somebody," according to court documents. The incident happened Friday afternoon, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case and obtained by NBC affiliate KRNV of Reno. A neighbor called police at around 4:11 p.m. and reported hearing gunshots, and then at around 4:14 p.m. a different person called police and said, “I...