A 17-year-old former Aledo High School student accused of fatally shooting his mother and younger sister early Thursday apparently began planning the killings at least two weeks earlier when he stole a .22-caliber revolver from his grandfather's home, Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said Friday.
Evans, 17, told investigators that his grandfather did not know that he had taken the weapon, Fowler said."He knew where it was kept," the sheriff said. "Does that show premeditation? Yeah. I would say it would."Evans was cooperative during an interview with a Texas Ranger on Friday, Fowler said."He would just talk," Fowler said. "You didn't have to drag anything out of him."But there was no clear-cut answer as to why. There was nothing that could be gleaned from it."A Parker County magistrate has ordered the teenager held without bail, and he remained in the Parker County Jail on Friday night.His father, Darryl Evans, and a local clergyman visited for about 20 minutes Friday evening, Fowler said.In a 911 call after the shootings, Jake Evans said his father was in Washington, D.C., on business and two older sisters were not at home.The Evans family attends Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Aledo. On Friday, Monsignor Publius Xuereb said lawyers had advised the church staff not to discuss the family.The bodies of Jami Evans, 48, and Mallory Evans, 15, were found in the family home in the 150 block of River Creek Lane in Annetta South by deputies who responded to Jake Evans' 911 call, which was received about 12:30 a.m. Thursday.He was standing, hands raised, outside the front door when deputies arrived.Jami Evans was found in an office near the rear of the home; she had been shot multiple times. Mallory Evans was shot once on the stairway and several more times at the front of the house, according to a probable cause affidavit.In his 911 call, Jake Evans described the details of the shooting but didn't provide a motive."I felt like they were just suffocating me, in a way," he said. "Obviously, you know, I'm pretty, I guess, evil."Fowler said his department had no record of other calls from the home.Jake and Mallory Evans were being home-schooled after withdrawing from Aledo schools, Superintendent Dan Manning said. Jake Evans left Aledo High School in January during his sophomore year, and Mallory Evans withdrew from McAnally Intermediate in January 2010, school records say.Jami Evans had worked in the Aledo district as an elementary school teacher and assistant principal for 15 years."I don't have any insight into it," Fowler said. "I've been around [homicides] a long time, and I've never seen one like this. It's just a mind-boggler."Staff writer Bill Miller contributed to this report.Bill Hanna, 817-390-7698Twitter: @fwhannaAudio: Listen to Jake Evans' 911 call
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Excerpts from Jake Evans' 911 call
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