US mother said 'shoot me'

NEW MEXICO: A woman shot and killed herself while driving after her 9-year-old daughter refused her mother's request to kill her, authorities said.

The girl told investigators that her mother began to breathe heavily - possibly from an asthma or emphysema attack - and handed over a 9mm handgun.

"She told her to shoot her. And she wouldn't," State police Lieutenant Roman Jimenez said.

After the girl refused, the woman fired a shot into her own chest and the car rolled to a stop. The girl was not injured.