State: Mom who shot kids, self denied food stamps

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said Tuesday.

The children, a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, remained in critical condition Tuesday. The shooting took place at a Texas Department of Health and Human Services building in Laredo, where police said about 25 people were inside at the time.

Grimmer first applied for food stamps in July but was denied because she didn't turn in enough information, Texas Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman said.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mom-shoots-kids-denied-welfare-15096531#.Tt8Ak_LaGuI

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This..while a couple collected welfare and food stamps for a decade, living in a million $ house in Washington state.