MS - Bay St. Louis PD Officers Branden Estorffe and Steven Robin Shot & Killed During Welfare Check - Perp Deceased

[citizen_sleuth]

Woman fatally shoots 2 officers before killing herself at motel in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials say

A woman shot and killed two police officers at a Motel 6 in Bay St. Louis early Wednesday morning, state investigators said.

www.cbsnews.com

Two police officers were shot and killed at a Motel 6 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, early on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. The officers were responding to a call for a welfare check made to the Bay St. Louis Police Department from the motel, which is located along a stretch of interstate Highway 90 that runs through the Gulf Coast city, officials said.

The slain officers were identified as Branden Estorffe, 23, and Steven Robin, 34, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety confirmed in a statement.

The officers arrived at the Motel 6 before 4:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the department said. The officers then encountered a subject, identified as 43-year-old Amy Anderson, who was sitting in a parked vehicle with a female minor.

The officers interacted with Anderson for nearly 30 minutes and the state Department of Child Protection Services was called, according to the DPS statement. From inside the vehicle, Anderson shot both officers before killing herself, according to the department. Robin died at the scene while Estorffe succumbed to injuries later on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed.

 

[radiator]

Amy Brogdon Anderson, Bay St. Louis Cop Shooter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Amy Brogdon Anderson is a Mississippi veterinarian who police say shot and killed two Bay St. Louis police officers.

heavy.com

I'm not sure heavy.com is considered MSM but this article says the shooter was a veterinarian. I wonder if the "female minor" was her daughter. What a tragedy.

 

[Medstudies]

MSN

www.msn.com

“The shooter, Amy Brogdon Anderson of Ocean Springs, reportedly fired at the officers after being told Child Protective Services was being called to the scene. A child under 10 was in the vehicle with Anderson.

The veterinarian, who is orignially from Vicksburg, is suspected of killing herself after shooting Robin and Estorffe.”

 

[azure]

Being removed from their parents care by CPS can be very traumatic for children. But witnessing their mother murder 2 cops and then shoot herself is so much more traumatic, it doesn't even scale.

I'm shocked that this woman was able to hold down a demanding job and I'm very curious what warning signs were present.

 

[Mojito]

Her license was current

Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine | License Verification

Welcome to the Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine

mississippivetboard.org

But she's not listed at the vet clinic website

Our Team | Bienville Animal Medical Center

Our expert veterinary doctors and skilled vet staff here at Bienville Animal Medical Center are ready when your pet needs us.

www.bienvilleanimal.com

Poor families. All of them. The LE's, the shooter's. Just awful.

 

[Breezie]

It is harder to get into veterinary school than it is to get into medical school. She had a good career but might still be carrying a hefty debt from vet school. Why was she in a vehicle with her daughter at that hour? Her fb page said she is single but she also posted about being in a relationship a year ago. She talked with the officers for awhile then panicked when they mentioned CPS. If she had told them that she fled from a DV situation, then they might have felt obligated to call CPS. If she had just gone in and rented a room then nothing would have happened. Another possibility, is that she was waiting for someone. Could she have been supplementing her income by selling vet meds? There just aren’t a lot of reasons that a mom and daughter would be sitting outside a motel during the night/early morning. It is such a sad situation for all the families including hers.

 

[Breezie]

New details released after murder-suicide at Bay St. Louis motel

At 10 a.m., officials will release more details after an apparent murder-suicide that left three people dead, including two Bay St. Louis Police officers.

wgno.com

At 10 a.m. Thursday, officials with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Bay St. Louis Police Department, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation will hold a press conference and reveal more information about the fatal shooting.

 

[Breezie]

Veterinarian Salary: Can You Afford the Student Loan Debt? - Student Loan Planner

Veterinarian salaries aren't what they should be, considering the grueling education required. Can vets afford the high student loan costs? Find out here.

www.studentloanplanner.com

The median veterinarian salary is $99,250, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). And the average vet school debt is around $150,000, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association(AVMA). Some vet students reported debt loads over $400,000.

 

[YaYa_521]

 

[Breezie]

Dark shadows: Drug abuse and addiction in the veterinary workplace | dvm360

Whether its suicidal thoughts or drug addiction haunting our colleagues, are we doing enough to protect them from themselves ... and offering them the resources to get the help they need?

www.dvm360.com

There is a dangerous, sometimes fatal paradox at the heart of our veterinary profession. First, veterinarians experience far higher than average levels of workplace stress, depression and suicidal ideation, and they have increased access to potentially addictive and deadly drugs. That said, little drug testing is conducted in veterinary workplaces, drug control procedures are relatively lax, and employee assistance programs are few and far between. Vulnerability and access lead to a high risk of abuse and addiction in the veterinary workplace.

Veterinarians and their staffs have access to a large variety of mind-altering, potentially addictive drugs, including controlled as well as non-controlled substances (see "A DVM's drug cabinet" at right). They also face well-documented job stresses as a result of long hours, challenging cases, difficult clients, economic challenges and the emotional consequences of performing animal euthanasia.

 

[Breezie]

Steven Robin: Tribute to the Slain Bay St. Louis Sergeant

Sgt. Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe are the two Bay St. Louis officers killed in the line of duty.

heavy.com

Branden Estorffe: Tribute to the Slain Bay St. Louis Officer

Sgt. Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe are the two Bay St. Louis police officers who were shot and killed by a veterinarian.

heavy.com

 

[aeris]

Her license was current

Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine | License Verification

Welcome to the Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine

mississippivetboard.org

But she's not listed at the vet clinic website

Our Team | Bienville Animal Medical Center

Our expert veterinary doctors and skilled vet staff here at Bienville Animal Medical Center are ready when your pet needs us.

www.bienvilleanimal.com

Poor families. All of them. The LE's, the shooter's. Just awful.

I logged into my account after years of not using this site because of this case. This was one of my vets at Bienville Vet. It looks like the VetBoard took her name down because it’s not there anymore. Perhaps the local vets websites did too as soon as they found out? I’m not sure. I’m just still stunned because I never in a million years would’ve suspected that she could do something like this.

 

[Breezie]

I logged into my account after years of not using this site because of this case. This was one of my vets at Bienville Vet. It looks like the VetBoard took her name down because it’s not there anymore. Perhaps the local vets websites did too as soon as they found out? I’m not sure. I’m just still stunned because I never in a million years would’ve suspected that she could do something like this.

Do you know anything about the neighborhood where the motel 6 is located?

 

[aeris]

Do you know anything about the neighborhood where the motel 6 is located?

It’s a very small town that is safe overall. I wouldn’t think twice of grocery shopping or running errands at night alone as a single woman for example. Its far less affluent than Ocean Springs, where she worked though. It’s about an hour drive away.

 

[Txbarfly]

MSN

www.msn.com

“The shooter, Amy Brogdon Anderson of Ocean Springs, reportedly fired at the officers after being told Child Protective Services was being called to the scene. A child under 10 was in the vehicle with Anderson.

The veterinarian, who is orignially from Vicksburg, is suspected of killing herself after shooting Robin and Estorffe.”

Dark shadows: Drug abuse and addiction in the veterinary workplace | dvm360

Whether its suicidal thoughts or drug addiction haunting our colleagues, are we doing enough to protect them from themselves ... and offering them the resources to get the help they need?

www.dvm360.com

There is a dangerous, sometimes fatal paradox at the heart of our veterinary profession. First, veterinarians experience far higher than average levels of workplace stress, depression and suicidal ideation, and they have increased access to potentially addictive and deadly drugs. That said, little drug testing is conducted in veterinary workplaces, drug control procedures are relatively lax, and employee assistance programs are few and far between. Vulnerability and access lead to a high risk of abuse and addiction in the veterinary workplace.

Veterinarians and their staffs have access to a large variety of mind-altering, potentially addictive drugs, including controlled as well as non-controlled substances (see "A DVM's drug cabinet" at right). They also face well-documented job stresses as a result of long hours, challenging cases, difficult clients, economic challenges and the emotional consequences of performing animal euthanasia.

Oh my gosh, a child under 10 witnessed all that.

 

[Gardenista]

New evidence shows cop killer Amy Brogdon Anderson was killed by officer

Listen to this article New information has been revealed in the shooting death of two Bay St. Louis police officers who were allegedly shot and killed by Vicksburg native Amy […]

vicksburgnews.com

 

[Gardenista]

Woman who killed 2 officers did not take own life, investigators now say

Investigators have pieced together the sequence of events that ended with three dead.

www.actionnews5.com

Investigators said Amy Anderson believed she was being followed and asked a motel clerk to call 911 for help.

“During the course of the conversations with Ms. Anderson, the officers became concerned for the safety of her daughter,” said Tindell.

He wouldn’t elaborate on what made them concerned, only saying, “She had made a number of comments that had the officers concerned for the safety of the child.”

 

[citizen_sleuth]

Woman who killed 2 officers did not take own life, investigators now say

Investigators have pieced together the sequence of events that ended with three dead.

www.actionnews5.com

Investigators said Amy Anderson believed she was being followed and asked a motel clerk to call 911 for help.

“During the course of the conversations with Ms. Anderson, the officers became concerned for the safety of her daughter,” said Tindell.

He wouldn’t elaborate on what made them concerned, only saying, “She had made a number of comments that had the officers concerned for the safety of the child.”

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Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell gave WLOX a more detailed timeline of that morning’s events. At 3:35 a.m., a distressed Amy Anderson asked the clerk at the Motel 6 to call 911. Four minutes later, Sergeant Steven Robin and Officer Branden Estorffe arrived and met with Anderson in her motel room. Anderson’s 8-year-old daughter and three dogs were also in the room.

Anderson was at the Bay St. Louis motel even though she lived in Ocean Springs because “she believed that she was being followed,” Tindell said.

[…]

A little more than a half hour into the talk, Anderson packed up her stuff and headed to the car. Tindell said, “Ms. Anderson was loading up her car and was apparently attempting to leave the hotel. They were trying to keep her there until Child Protective Services could arrive.”

[…]

Investigators said five shots were fired, three by Anderson, two by Estorffe. Throughout the gun battle, the 8-year-old daughter was in the front passenger seat.

“I don’t know what she saw,” said Tindell, “but she was there.”

 

[jjenny]

Sounds like she was having some sort of mental health issue (psychotic episode?). Forties are kind of late for the onset of mental illness.

 

[jjenny]

This article has a better description of what took place. Apparently cops were trying to stop her from leaving because of concern for the child. She then shot and killed one of the cops, and died from return fire from the second cop.
Sure sounds like some sort of mental breakdown (paranoia? being followed, etc).

Woman who killed two Bay St. Louis officers didn’t commit suicide, investigators now say

WLOX News has learned several new, key pieces of information about the state’s investigation into the deaths of two Bay St. Louis Police officers, and an Ocean Springs woman.

www.wlox.com