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Police in Tucson said a 55-year-old woman fatally shot her twin grandsons Thursday before suffering an apparent drug overdose.Dorothy Flood is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jaden and Jorden Webb, who were 8 years old.Flood, who was the boys’ sole guardian, is in custody. KOLD reports her bond was set at $250,000 cash.The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it got a call Thursday afternoon for medical assistance at a home on the city’s west side. Deputies found Flood unresponsive and suffering from a suspected drug overdose before they found the twin boys dead in separate bedrooms.A department spokesman said he didn’t know about any prior incidents involving that home or Flood. One neighbor, who wished to remain unidentified, said the 8-year-olds both had special needs. “They kept more to themselves," he said. “They would wave ‘hi’ or ‘bye,’ but they kept to themselves. See them every day, they were good kids. They didn’t talk, but they were good kids. She took care of them real good.”Chandra McCord, a friend of Flood, told KOLD the woman became the boys' guardian after their mother killed herself. “You could see the fear that she had of the future.” said McCord. “She was afraid she wasn’t going to be able to handle it.”McCord said Flood quit her job to care for the kids. “She loved those grandkids and she loved her family," she said. “We just wish she would have reached out. To any one of us at any time.”McCord said Flood had a medical condition that may have affected her brain. "My first reaction was of course, 'No. It could not be the same Dorothy we knew,'" she said. "Somewhere, something snapped."