A TV Remote and a Fatal Shot: Florida Family Destroyed Over Monday Night Football

A living room decorated for Christmas became a crime scene over a simple argument about a football game. On December 22, just days before the holiday, a Florida family was torn apart when a 47-year-old man opened fire on his own wife and stepdaughter following a dispute over the television remote.

Tragedy Sparked by a Monday Night Game

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Jason Kenney (47) had been drinking while watching the San Francisco 49ers vs. Indianapolis Colts game in a shed. When he entered the house to watch the final minutes, an argument erupted over what to watch. His wife, Crystal Kenney (33), urged her 12-year-old son to run to a neighbor's house and call 911. As the boy fled, he heard the first gunshot.

A 'Christmas Miracle' Amid the Chaos

Deputies arrived to find Crystal fatally wounded. In a nearby bedroom, they discovered her 13-year-old daughter with gunshot wounds to her face and shoulder. Remarkably, the teen remained conscious and detailed the attack to Sheriff Grady Judd. The bullet had entered the bridge of her nose and exited through the top of her skull, a trajectory the Sheriff called a "Christmas miracle" for not being immediately fatal.

Jason Kenney fled the scene and later took his own life as authorities closed in. Inside the home, detectives found a letter from Crystal addressing her husband's struggle with cocaine relapse and alcohol, pleading for him to change for the sake of the family. A one-year-old baby was found unharmed in her crib.