TAYLOR JOHNSON - 3 yo - St. Louis MO

A St. Louis mother stabbed and killed her 3-year-old daughter and
then shot herself, police said, on a violent night in the city during
which an additional five people were shot, three fatally, in separate
incidents.St. Louis police said yesterday that Tiffany Owens,
27, stabbed her daughter, Taylor Johnson, in the chest before shooting
herself once. Owens’ husband was not at home at the time,
police said, although they did not say where he was. He found his wife
and child when he came home Sunday night. The mother was dead at the
scene, and the child was pronounced dead at an area hospital.Police
spokeswoman Erica Van Ross said the mother was known to have
psychiatric issues, though she said the department could not release
details. Owens’ neighbors responded with sadness and shock,
saying they hadn’t seen past signs of problems at the brick duplex
where the Johnson family lived.No one answered the family’s door, and the family did not respond to a phone message.In separate incidents in St. Louis on Sunday, three other people were killed and two wounded in shootings.