Florida Man Kills Wife in TV Dispute, Wounds Stepdaughter, Dies by Suicide
A Florida man fatally shot his wife during an argument over a football game before wounding her teenage stepdaughter and later taking his own life, authorities said.
The incident unfolded on December 22 in a home in Highland City, part of Polk County. Jason Kenney, 47, had been drinking while watching a Monday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. The dispute escalated when Crystal Kenney, 42, asked him to turn off the television around 11 p.m. As tensions rose, Crystal instructed their 12-year-old son to run to a neighbor's house and call 911. The boy complied and heard gunshots as he fled.
Deputies arrived within minutes and found Crystal dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the living room. Her 13-year-old stepdaughter lay in a bedroom with gunshot wounds to the face and shoulder. The teenager, who was rushed to Lakeland Regional Health in critical condition, is now stable and alert, officials reported. The couple's 1-year-old daughter was found unharmed, asleep in her crib.
The stepdaughter recounted the moments before the shooting to investigators. "I begged him, don't shoot me, don't...