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Florida Man Kills Wife, Shoots 13-Year-Old After NFL TV Dispute, Then Dies by Suicide

Investigators are reviewing evidence after the surviving teen described pleading for her life, with a note from the victim referencing drinking and cocaine use.

Overview

  • Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the confrontation began when Crystal Kenney told her husband to turn off the Monday Night Football game between the 49ers and Colts.
  • Deputies found Crystal Kenney dead and a 13-year-old shot in the shoulder and face; the teen is in critical but stable condition, alert and talking, according to the sheriff.
  • The teen told the sheriff she begged her stepfather not to shoot after witnessing him kill her mother, yet he fired anyway.
  • A 12-year-old ran to a neighbor to call 911 and an infant was found unharmed in a crib at the home.
  • After fleeing, Jason Kenney called his sister, then barricaded in a shed at his late father’s property in Lake Wales and fatally shot himself as deputies arrived; investigators later found a note from Crystal urging him to get help for drinking and cocaine use, and the children are now with their maternal grandparents.