When deputies rushed to a quiet address, a mother was still breathing, and a teenage boy was at the scene. But the story of what supposedly happened inside the home didn’t make any sense, and then the investigation began.Theresa McIntosh, 41, died in a hospital after she was found shot in her home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 7, 2026. At first, authorities were told she tried to endher own life, but as the case unfolded, it became clear that something entirely different took place in that house.According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to the 2300 block of Pine Avenue at about 12:47 p.m. that Saturday.

Inside the home, they discovered McIntosh with a visible gunshot wound to the back of her head. She was unconscious but still breathing. She was taken first to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, then flown to UC Health in Fort Collins, Colorado.adly, she later died from her injuries.Police also arrested a minor at the location. But as the suspect is a juvenile and the case involves sensitive details, authorities chose not to release the names of those involved or list any potential charges at first.But the court filings that followed painted a heartbreaking and deeply disturbing picture of what allegedly happened in those final hours. And it all appears to have started with a family argument and issues that had been building for some time.And those details have finally been revealed.