Police: Tucson mom shot children after argument with boyfriend
Perla Morales
Photographer: Tucson Police Department
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 08/14/2012
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By: Associated Press
TUCSON, AZ - A Tucson woman accused of fatally shooting her two children tells investigators that she attacked the youngsters after she had an argument with her boyfriend.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that a detective wrote in an interim complaint that 25-year-old Perla Morales said her boyfriend threatened to leave her and that she admitted to shooting her children on Saturday night.
Investigators say 17-month-old Richard Rosovich Jr. died at his home, while 4-year-old Emma Rosovich was pronounced dead shortly after at a hospital.
The detective who wrote the interim complaint says in the document that Morales cut her wrists during the incident.
Morales was booked on two counts of first-degree murder after she was released from a hospital where she was treated for her injuries.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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