Amy Brogdon Anderson's daughter reportedly handed her gun used to kill cops - New York Post

The 8-year-old girl of the Mississippi veterinarian who was changeable dormant astatine a Motel 6 aft sidesplitting 2 cops said she handed her ma the weapon utilized to ambush the officers.

“Momma told maine to springiness her the gun, truthful I gave her the gun,” the blood-spattered kid told different impermanent astatine the motel, aft the cops were ambushed, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.

The miss besides said she saw her mother, Amy Brogdon Anderson, shoot the officers.

“Momma changeable the cops and momma was shot. Her eyes are unfastened and she is breathing a small bit,” the miss told the different guest.

Brogdon Anderson’s erstwhile mother-in-law, Sylvia Brogdon, spoke successful betwixt tears astir her ex-daughter-in-law erstwhile reached by The Post Saturday.

“Unfortunately she was a precise troubled idiosyncratic though we loved her precise much,” Sylvia Brogdon said. “She was truly sick, much than we adjacent realized, and we couldn’t assistance her. It was a intelligence unwellness issue. But she was a bully parent and a bully veterinarian. She loved her occupation and if you could spot her children you tin spot she was a bully mother. It’s truthful unspeakable erstwhile idiosyncratic is simply a bully idiosyncratic but they bash thing similar this and past each the bully is erased and radical lone spot the bad.”

Amy Brogdon Anderson’s girl reportedly said that she saw her parent sprout the cops.Facebook/Amy Anderson

Indeed, Amy Brogdon Anderson’s Facebook leafage is filled with caller happy, smiling photos of herself with her kids and dogs – vacationing successful Hawaii and pictured astatine a caller schoolhouse Homecoming celebration.

“Her kids are with their daddy and stepmother now,” Sylvia said. “They are precise close. They are being good taken attraction of.”

Anderson had pulled the trigger, shooting and sidesplitting Bay St. Louis constabulary Sgt. Steven Robin from wrong her SUV, Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell told WLOX News. She and Robin’s partner, Officer Branden Estorffe, past fired their weapons astatine the aforesaid time, authorities said.

Both of the second shots were precise, and each 3 were recovered dormant successful the parking batch Wednesday morning. Anderson’s daughter was successful the car and was adjacent capable to the chaos to beryllium covered successful humor — but was not injured.

Anderson had checked into the motel astatine 2:35am with the miss and a canine but had been “acting normal” different impermanent told the DailyMail.

Within an hour, however, Anderson was packing up her worldly and telling the beforehand table to telephone the cops, claiming “someone was pursuing her.”

Robin and Estorffe were responding to that telephone erstwhile they arrived astatine the motel astir an hr later, parking successful beforehand of Anderson’s conveyance and chatting with her for astir 30 minutes.

The ma and girl past got into the car, telling the cops they wanted to leave, a witnesser told the outlet.

“I heard her archer constabulary that she wanted to leave. The cops told her she couldn’t permission until they had finished their investigation,” the witnesser said.

The miss claimed her parent said radical were trying to termination them.Hannah Ruhoff/The Sun Herald via AP

The motel impermanent past heard the pistillate scream. Then gunshots. Then lone silence.

“It was eerily quiet,’ she said. She told the Daily Mail she saw the small miss walking astir the SUV and called to her, but the kid — whose face, arms, legs and flannel nightgown was covered successful blood, hesitated.

“Are you going to wounded me? Momma told maine radical are trying to termination us,” the miss asked, according to the witness.

Officers Branden Estorffe and Steven Robin were killed successful the shooting.

She reassured the kid she wouldn’t wounded her, and told the Daily Mail that she rushed the miss into her ain country to support her harmless arsenic cops swarmed the motel.

When asked astir the shooting, the miss repeated, “Momma told maine radical are trying to termination us.”

The kid said she had a member and sister and they were with her begetter successful Madison, Mississippi.

A memorial for the 2 fallen officers successful Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.Hannah Ruhoff/The Sun Herald via AP

Officials initially suspected that Anderson committed termination aft gunning down Robin astatine adjacent range, and Estorffe from astir 20 yards away. Robin and Anderson died astatine the scene, portion Estorffe was pronounced dormant astatine a adjacent hospital.

Anderson’s relative, Breanne Anderson Simmons, posted a enactment on Facebook thanking her friends and household for their support.

“I wanted to station and accidental that we are profoundly saddened and truthful appreciative of your benignant words to us,” she wrote. “Please proceed to support our household successful your thoughts & prayers.”

Members of the assemblage be a vigil for Robin and Estorffe connected December 15, 2022.Hannah Ruhoff/The Sun Herald via AP

A person of Simmons and Anderson replied to the affectional post, writing:

“Girl. I’m truthful saddened to perceive this quality astir Amy. That is not the Amy that we each knew truthful well. You and your household are successful our thoughts and prayers. Don’t fto the societal media bullies get to y’all.”