Convicted Florida Felon Kills His 6 Grandchildren

By TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 09/19/2014 - 1:33am

(AP) — A man who spent time in prison a decade ago for the shooting death of his young son killed six of his grandchildren, including an infant, his adult daughter and himself in a rampage at a home where authorities in the small Florida town say they had been called to in the past. When a deputy arrived, Spirit committed suicide and authorities then found the seven gunshot victims "all over on the property," Schultz said. According to the Florida Department of Corrections website, Spirit was released from prison in February 2006 for a gun charge. According to an online story in 2003 by the Orlando Sentinel, a 40-year-old Don Spirit pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old son, Kyle, in a 2001 hunting accident. Spirit was convicted in 1998 for felony possession of marijuana, according to a charging affidavit.

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