Overview

• Investigators allege Jeffrey Smerer, 44, shot his three children at their Port Huron home on Sept. 11 after waking them for school.
• Seventeen-year-old Kayleb was killed, while 13-year-old Bentley and 12-year-old Kinzley were hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
• Detective testimony described Smerer retrieving a .380 pistol, greeting the children, then opening fire before a failed suicide attempt interrupted by his wife and adult son.
• Authorities say Smerer told police he was stressed about that morning’s sentencing on an indecent exposure conviction and had planned the shooting about a week in advance.
• He faces charges including open murder, assault with intent to murder, first-degree child abuse, and felony firearm counts; a judge denied bond and ordered no contact with older children.