Kids tried to get help, but got turn away by neighbor before get killed

Neighbors of Florida mom who killed her 4 kids turned the children away when they tried to get help.

'You're not coming in our house,' terrified neighbor tells Tonya Thomas' bleeding kids.

 Authorities say Thomas, 33, shot and killed her four children before killing herself on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Port St. John, Fla. The children ranged in age from 12 to 17

Before a crazed Florida mom allegedly killed her four children and shot herself Tuesday morning, the wounded kids ran to the neighbors for help -- and were turned away, 911 calls showed.

Thomas first opened fire and wounded her children sometime around 5 a.m. , police said, and three of them fled their mother’s home in terror.

The recordings of the neighbors’ 911 calls, released by Brevard County Sheriff's officials on Wednesday, captured the chaotic scene at the Port St. John neighborhood as the kids tried desperately to get help, The Orlando Sentinel reported.

"Get back, you're not coming in our house," a horrified woman is heard saying during a call recorded early Tuesday.

The unidentified neighbors called police after hearing gunshots coming from next door, followed by someone knocking on their door.

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At first, the female caller tells dispatchers that one of the children shot his mother.

"I knew this was going to happen you guys," the woman cries, as the dispatcher attempts to sort out what is happening.

"The boy's in our front yard - get him a towel - he's got blood on his right side."

"Get away from the window," a man in the background is heard saying.

Later, the flipped-out caller says the children told her husband their mother was the shooter.

Amid, the confusion, the woman's husband grabs the phone and tells the dispatcher he has grabbed his gun.

"They tried to break in our front door to get in, I guess to try to get away from her - whoever's got the gun," he says.

"So I grabbed my gun and ran outside and one's laying there bleeding at the front door."

The man then says he thinks the bleeding child went back home.

"I don't know who has the gun, so I'm not walking out there," the man says. "I'm armed, but not going out there and putting myself in danger."

"Now there's more gunshots!" the man reports.

Those shots appear to be the sound of Thomas finishing off some of her four children - before ultimately turning the gun on herself.

Brevard County Sheriff's officials said Thomas, 33, called the children back to her home, but they aren't sure why the children obeyed her.

Thomas, her daughter, Jazlin Johnson, 13, and her two sons, Jaxs Johnson, 15, and Joel Johnson, 12, were found shot to death inside the home after SWAT teams broke down Thomas' back door.

Her other daughter, Pebbles Johnson, 17, was discovered shot dead in the yard.

Authorities said they don't have a motive for the killings.

Autopsy results aren't expected for at least six weeks.



source: http://www.nydailynews.com

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