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Florida Man Kills Wife, Shoots Stepdaughter, Then Dies by Suicide After NFL TV Dispute

Deputies say the 13-year-old survivor is stable after giving investigators a first-hand account.

Overview

  • Polk County authorities say the violence erupted during Monday Night Football between the 49ers and Colts after Crystal Kenney asked Jason Kenney to turn off the TV and he had been drinking.
  • The 13-year-old was shot in the face and shoulder after pleading for her life and remains in critical but stable condition, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.
  • Jason Kenney fled the Lakeland home, called his sister to confess, then fatally shot himself in a shed at his late father's Lake Wales property as deputies closed in.
  • Deputies recovered an open, undated note written by Crystal Kenney accusing her husband of drinking and cocaine use and urging him to seek help.
  • Two other children were physically unharmed and have been placed with their maternal grandparents, as relatives report prior abuse despite no earlier police calls.