Kentucky mother pleads guilty to shooting her two sons

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting her two young sons last year.

Tiffanie Lucas pleaded guilty to murder in Bullitt County Court, news outlets reported. She had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was scheduled to stand trial in December before changing her plea.

Sentencing is scheduled for November 22nd. Judge Rodney Burress said each charge carries a sentence of 20 to 50 years in prison or life in prison.

Officers responding to a report of a shooting in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, in November 2023 discovered that the children, ages 6 and 9, had gunshot wounds, authorities said. The children were taken to a hospital in Louisville, where they died.

A witness at the scene identified Lucas as the shooter and a gun was found in the same room as the children, according to an arrest memo.