A Florida grandfather killed himself after fatally shooting his daughter and her six children on Sept. 18, 2014.
Deputies were summoned to the home of Don Charles Spirit after he called 911 yesterday, saying he was considering harming himself and others. When officials arrived at the Bell, FL home they found eight people dead. Bell is a small town of 450 residents.
The murder-suicide victims include Spirit’s daughter, Sarah Spirit, and her six children, Kylie Kuhlmann, 9; Kaleb Kuhlmann, 11; Johnathon Kuhlmann, 8; Destiny Stewart, 5; Brandon Stewart, 4; and Alanna Stewart, born June 28 of this year.
This was not the first time Spirit, 51, harmed a child. Spirit, who has a criminal background for marijuana possession and gun charges, accidentally shot and killed his 8-year-old son, Kyle, during a hunting trip in Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area near Kenansville, Fla., in 2001.
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During a walk through the woods, Spirit was cleaning the muzzle of a gun when it fired, hitting Kyle in the head. He was sentenced to three years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm. Spirit plead guilty in exchange for a minimum sentence.
The public schools in Bell, 120 miles southeast of Tallahassee, are preparing a statement to the schools on Friday.