Killer Mom Shoots Her 2-Year-Old Daughter Then Blames A Stranger

September 18, 2026

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In a Milwaukee police interrogation room, detectives pressed 24-year-old Jasmine on what happened to her two-year-old daughter. The child had been shot dead in the basement of the house where Jasmine, her two young children, and a handful of other adults were living. Jasmine’s initial story was that a stranger had shot her daughter. But the detectives had already found the gun—a semi-automatic pistol—inside the home. Over the course of the recorded interview, Jasmine’s account shifted, and the detectives methodically dismantled it, piece by piece. What emerged was a portrait of a mother who, by her own eventual admission, had been holding the gun when it went off, who had no clear explanation for why she had it, and who seemed unable or unwilling to answer even basic questions about the people she lived with.

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1 (03:34) **Interrogation Begins: Jasmine Waives Her Rights** - The suspect, Jasmine, is read her Miranda rights and agrees to speak with detectives without an attorney present.
2 (10:09) **The Gun Story Unfolds** - Jasmine claims she found a gun in a parking lot and brought it home to dispose of it.
3 (15:53) **The Shooting: Jasmine's Account** - Jasmine explains how the gun ended up on the couch where her daughter was shot.
4 (26:12) **Detectives Challenge the Physics of the Accident** - Interrogators press Jasmine on whether her story of a toddler accidentally firing the gun is physically possible.
5 (36:20) **Detectives Accuse Jasmine: "This is Your Fault"** - The tone shifts as detectives directly blame Jasmine for her daughter's death.
6 (40:22) **The Missing Gun and Uncooperative Witnesses** - Detectives focus on the disappearance of the gun and Jasmine's refusal to identify the people she lives with.
7 (44:39) **Emotional Confrontation: "You Are Not a Mother"** - Detectives escalate their verbal assault, questioning Jasmine's fitness as a parent.

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Killer Mom Shoots Her 2-Year-Old Daughter Then Blames A Stranger

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