Cleburne County Sheriff Marty Moss did not return CNN's calls for comment Tuesday.

CNN: Mindy McCready feared losing custody of kids, friend says

Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a report of gunshots fired Sunday afternoon and found McCready's body on the front porch, the statement read.

CNN: Embattled country star Mindy McCready dead at 37

McCready also appears to have shot and killed a dog that belonged to her late boyfriend, record producer David Wilson, before shooting herself, Cleburne County Sheriff Marty Moss said Monday.

CNN: Country star Mindy McCready dead at 37 of apparent suicide

The test eliminated her as a suspect in the shooting, he said, but the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office withheld a conclusion that Wilson had committed suicide until the autopsy report was completed.

CNN: Mindy McCready feared losing custody of kids, friend says

The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that McCready was found dead at a residence in Heber Springs from what appears to be a single, self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

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The National Weather Service warned that a mile-wide tornado reported by spotters had shifted its track and was moving "right at the city of Cleburne, " a community of about 15, 000 people in north Texas.

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