Florida man kills wife, shoots stepdaughter before turning gun on himself after NFL dispute

A domestic incident in Florida escalated into a bloody tragedy when a 47-year-old man, reportedly under the influence of alcohol, killed his wife, shot his 13-year-old stepdaughter in the face, and then took his own life, according to local authorities.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that 47-year-old Jason Kenny was intoxicated when an intense argument broke out with his wife, Crystal Kenny. The dispute started after she asked him to turn off the NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts, which was airing on “Monday Night Football.”

The argument became so heated that Crystal Kenny reportedly asked her 12-year-old son to call the police. The boy, panicked, ran to a neighbour’s house, from where he heard repeated gunshots, the New York Post reported.

A Florida man has killed his wife and shot his 13-year-old stepdaughter in the face before taking his own life following an argument over football.

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When officers arrived at the family home, they found the wife dead from a gunshot wound. Her 13-year-old daughter had been shot in the face and shoulder. The teenager was taken to a local hospital in a critical condition but survived and was able to give a statement to the authorities.

“I was begging him, ‘Don’t shoot me, don’t shoot me,’ and he still shot me,” she reportedly told officers, according to the Sheriff.

The family’s 12-year-old son was unharmed, and the couple’s one-year-old daughter was found safe, sleeping in her cot. Jason Kenny was the stepfather to the two older children.

After the shooting, the 47-year-old left the house and telephoned his sister in New York, telling her he had “done something really bad” and that they would never speak again. He then drove to his father’s house where he was located by authorities. As officers tried to persuade him to exit a shed in the yard, the man shot and killed himself.

During the search of the family home, police found a note written by Crystal Kenny to her husband, urging him to seek help for his addiction problems. “You’re drinking, you’re using cocaine again. This is not the way a family should function. You need God,” the note stated.

The children who survived the tragedy have been placed in the care of their grandparents. “The entire family was destroyed,” Sheriff Grady Judd said, describing a scene that shocked even experienced officers. “There was a beautiful Christmas tree, with presents underneath, as a normal family should be. And yet, it all ended there.”