BEAVER Local prosecutors could consider capital punishment in the case of an Ambridge mother accused of killing two of her children.
Krisinda Bright, 48, of Ambridge, is charged with two counts of criminal homicide after investigators say she admitted to shooting and killing 16-year-old Jeffery Bright and 22-year-old Jasmine Cannady at a Maplewood Avenue home last month.
If Bright’s first-degree homicide charges are held over by a district judge, Beaver County District Attorney Dave Lozier’s office will meet with case investigators to discuss if her alleged actions are punishable by death under Pennsylvania statutes. Bright’s preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for May 3.
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Jeffery ‘JJ’ Bright, a young
transgender man who transitioned at age eleven.
Bright told dispatchers she shot her children and that the gun used in the attack was unloaded on her dining room table. She later admitted shooting one of her children while they were lying in bed, according to the complaint.
#BREAKING & JUST IN: Mugshot for Beaver County mom Krisinda Bright. Police say she shot & killed her 2 children inside of their Ambridge home. She called 911 on herself & waited outside for police to arrive. WATCH my reports on @WPXI @ 12 & 5. pic.twitter.com/lahB031rOh
‘please don’t shoot’
She then went downstairs and pointed the weapon at her second child, who pleaded with her not to pull the trigger, saying