Lincoln police say they are not searching for any suspects

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WEBVTT MICHELLE BENDIER AS HASTONIGHT'S BIG STORY.>> DAVID AND JULIE LINCOLNPOLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHATLED UP TO THE VIOLENT DEATH EVERBRENDA AND VIOLET SCHROEDER.MEGAN WAS AFRAID OF BRENDA ANDDOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY BRENDAWOULD TAKE THEIR LIVES.MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE HER LIFEMEGAN SCHROEDER MAY HAVE KNOWNWHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.SHE MAY HAVE WROTE ABOUT HERHEAR IN A PETITION FOR A PROTECTIF I HAVE ORDER MEGAN WROTE, IDON'T FEEL FEEL SAFE ANYWHERE,AND I AM FEARFUL OF WHAT SHE MAYDO.NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY THE COUPLEENDED UP HERE TOGETHER IN ANSUV.SOMEONE CALLED POLICE TO REPORTTHREATS.WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO MAKECONTACT WITH THE WOMAN BRENDASHOT HERSELF.POLICE FOUND MEGA ALREADY DEADIN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.>> SURPRISED.COULDN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING COULDHAPPEN LIKE THAT AROUND HERE.>> BRYAN GOT SCARED.>> I WENT BACK INSIDE ANDLOCKED THE DOORS.>> DETECTIVES BELIEVE BRENDANKILLED MEGAN BEFORE TAKING HEROWN LIFE.SHE WAS A HARDWORKING MOM OFTHREE KIDS.MEGAN WROTE, I AM FRIGHTENED ANDWORRIED AND ALWAYS LOOKING OVERMY SHOWEDDER FOR HER.AFTER ONE ALTERCATION I WAS SOWORRIED I PACKED UP THE KIDS ANDWENT TO A HOTEL.I JUST ASKED FOR THIS TO PROTECTYOURSELF AND MY KIDS WELL BEING.THIS PROTECTIVE DISORDER WASDISMISSED A MONTH LATER.AUTOPSIES WILL CONTINUE THEINVESTIGATION INTO THE BREATHSEVER MEGAN AND BRENDA SCHROEDER.

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Lincoln Police say a shooting outside an apartment complex left two women dead New Year's Eve day. Lincoln Police say 31-year-old Meagan Schroeder was fatally shot by her ex-wife Brenda Schroeder before the 40-year-old shot herself Saturday afternoon. Officers were called to the Superior Place Apartments because someone reported being threatened. When they tried to make contact with the women in a vehicle, a single gunshot was heard. The officer found Brenda suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics took her to the hospital where she died later. Meagan was already dead in the passenger's seat. Friends call Meagan a good mother, hard worker and good friend to those close to her. Meagan had three kids from previous relationships. Court documents reveal a tumultuous relationship.The couple had been divorced since December 2015. Meagan had petitioned for a protection order in October 2015. She wrote in the order, "She (Brenda) is making me feel very insecure, frightened and worried. I never know what she is going to do. I am always looking over my shoulder." "I am scared and anxious and just ask for this to protect myself and kids well being. I am fearful of what she may do." The protection order was dismissed a month later. Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister says investigators are working to determine what led to the shooting. Autopsies will be performed on Monday.