Man calls 911 to tell police he just tried to drown his kids

Man calls 911 to tell police he just tried to drown his kids

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The anguish in the man's voice on the 911 call was clear.

Alan Tysheen Lassiter, 29 of Raleigh, N.C. Lassiter has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to throw his three children in lake on Sunday in Durham County, N.C. A seven-year-old boy was able to get away, but two girls, ages five and three remain hospitalized. (Durham County Jail via AP)




He was telling the dispatcher on the other end of the line that he had just tried to drown his children in a pond and he was so distraught and disoriented that he couldn't describe where he was. "Please send an ambulance. My daughters are in the lake, drowning. Both of my young daughters."

Alan Tysheen Eugene Lassiter sobbed as he struggled to explain where he was so police could come to help. Later in the call, he told a bystander: "I just drowned my two daughters in the lake back there."

Now, authorities are left looking for answers as to why Lassiter ended up Sunday night at an apartment complex where he didn't live trying to end his children's lives. Lassiter, 29, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and jailed Monday on a bond of $2 million, according to the Durham County Jail. His 3- and 5-year-old daughters were rescued from the water by an off-duty sheriff's deputy and hospitalized. His 7-year-old son escaped and ran for help, police said.

On the 911 call, Lassiter alternates between expletive-laden rage and distraught sobs and blames officials for trying to take away his children as he dealt with a personal problem. "All I was trying to do was get help," he said. "Instead they turned their back on me. The whole system, and tried to take my kids."

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