Her husband, Jason Sheats, works as an IT consultant at Oxy, a Houston-based oil and gas company, according to his Linkedin page. He was also originally from Alabama. Friday, the day of the shooting, was his 45th birthday.
Neighbors told KTRK-TV that the couple had only recently reunited after a separation. It is not clear how long they were apart or when exactly they got back together. Their marriage had been strained by the deaths of her grandfather and mother:
“He loved his daughters,” family friend Alick Arnold told the news station. “They were like best friends for sure. It crushed him. I know it’s hard for the family.”
A family friend, Madison Davey, told KTRK that Jason and Christy were arguing the day of the shooting. Jason told Davey what happened.
“He told Christy, ‘Just shoot yourself. Make it easy on all of us, just shoot yourself,’ and she said, ‘No, that’s not what this is about, this is about punishing you,'” Davey told KTRK. “I always knew something would happen, but I never thought she would do this. Christie was toxic for the family. She was mentally unstable.”
“He would do anything to protect them and he tried to, but Christie was out to kill that day,” Davey said.