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These are the first pictures of a mum and her two daughters she shot dead after a family argument.

Christy Sheats killed her daughters Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17, after a row inside their home.

The argument spilled out into the street in Fulshear, Texas, before the mum shot dead her daughters.

When police arrived at the scene, Christy was still holding the gun with cops forced to shoot her dead after she refused to put it down.

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Speaking to the Houston Chronicle, Sheriff Troy Nehls said: “It was a family argument that turned into a shooting. But we're still trying to put the pieces together."

He added: “Right now, all we can do is try to pray for the father and the husband so he can try to work through this."

The husband and father of the two girls was inside the house at the time of the shooting.

(Image: NY Daily News)

He was not injured during the incident.

He was seen being taken away by police in a state of shock.

The incident happened in the middle of a suburban street on Friday night.