self denied = she herself denies (food stamps offered by State)?

Context:

State: Mom who shot kids, self denied food stamps

Published December 06, 2011
| Associated Press

Print Email Share Comments
Tweet Text Size
SAN ANTONIO – A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said Tuesday.

The children, a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, remained in critical condition Tuesday. The shooting took place at a Texas Department of Health and Human Services building in Laredo, where police said about 25 people were inside at the time.



Read more:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/06/state-mom-who-shot-kids-self-denied-food-stamps/