Florida Man Kills Wife, Shoots Stepdaughter over NFL Game Argument, Officials Say
Jason Kenney shot his wife and stepdaughter during an argument fueled by alcohol and alleged cocaine use, then killed himself; the stepdaughter is hospitalized, Polk County officials said.
- Dec. 22, Polk County authorities said Jason Kenney, 47, shot and killed his wife Crystal Kenney and shot his stepdaughter before fatally shooting himself.
- Officials said the argument over the televised 49ers-Colts game escalated after Crystal Kenney asked Jason Kenney to turn it off Monday, and deputies found a note saying, `You’re drinking, you’re using cocaine again. This is not the way the family should be. You need God.`
- The wounded 13-year-old stepdaughter is hospitalized and recovering after being shot in the face and shoulder, while a 12-year-old boy and 1-year-old daughter were unharmed and placed with grandparents.
- Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said, `The bottom line is, three days before Christmas, he shot and killed his wife, he shot his 13-year old stepdaughter twice and intended to kill her,` and pledged support to the surviving family and children as homicide detectives are distraught.
- After the shootings Kenney fled and phoned his sister in upstate New York, then hid in a shed at his late father's Lake Wales home where deputies heard a single gunshot as he fatally shot himself.
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NFL Game Argument Turns Deadly As Florida Man Kills Wife, Shoots Daughter, Then Dies By Suicide
A domestic argument over a televised NFL game turned fatal in Polk County, Florida, after a man shot his wife, critically wounded his teenage stepdaughter, and later took his own life days before Christmas
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49ers-Colts game leads to Florida man murdering his wife and shooting stepdaughter before committing suicide: "Entire family was destroyed"
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