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