STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A Stagecoach mom shot and killed her 9-year-old son early Wednesday morning before turning the gun on herself, according to a preliminary investigation by the Routt County Sheriff’s Office.
Lisa Marie Lesyshen, 45, was found in her home unconscious with a single gunshot wound by sheriff’s office deputies in the early hours of Wednesday. She was taken by ambulance to Yampa Valley Medical Center. Lesyshen was alive as of 4:30 p.m. and being guarded by deputies, according to the sheriff’s office.
Asher Lesyshen-Kirlan was found dead inside the home. He was a third-grader at Soda Creek Elementary School in Steamboat Springs.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called by Michael Kirlan, Asher’s father, to the home near the south shore of Stagecoach Reservoir at 2:55 a.m. for a reported suicide attempt with multiple victims.
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