Mom killed shielding kids after husband erupts in rage over NFL game: police

A Florida ma is being remembered arsenic a leader aft she was changeable protecting her children erstwhile her hubby flew into a convulsive rage implicit an evening NFL game. 

Jason Kenney, 47, changeable and killed his wife, Crystal Roure, 38, earlier turning the weapon connected himself conscionable 3 days earlier Christmas, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said successful a statement. 

Kenney had been drinking portion watching Monday Night Football wrong his shed – located astatine the family’s Highland City location – erstwhile helium came wrong to ticker the extremity of the crippled astatine astir 11 p.m. connected Dec. 22, 2025, authorities said. 

Upon entering the home, a combat ensued betwixt the mates aft Roure said she did not privation to ticker football, according to police.

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Crystal Roure was killed by her husband, Jason Kenney, aft the mates began warring implicit watching an NFL crippled wrong their location successful Highland City, Florida connected Dec. 22, 2025, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. (Facebook/Jason Kenney​)

As the altercation escalated, Roure yelled for her 12-year-old lad to tally to a adjacent neighbor’s location and telephone 911, and helium heard a azygous gunshot arsenic helium was fleeing the home. 

Responding deputies subsequently recovered Roure dormant successful the family’s surviving country with a gunshot coiled to her head, and her 13-year-old girl suffering from 2 gunshot wounds portion successful her bed. The couple’s 1-year-old kid was besides recovered dormant successful her crib, unharmed. 

The teen survived the shooting aft the slug struck her chemoreceptor and ricocheted done the apical of her head, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said successful a quality conference.

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Jason Kenney reportedly called his sister aft shooting his wife, Crystal Roure, and 13-year-old stepdaughter to archer her helium had "done thing truly atrocious and helium was not going to jail," according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. (Facebook/Jason Kenney​)

"She said, ‘I begged him, don't sprout me, don't sprout me, don't sprout me. And helium changeable maine anyway,’" Judd said, referring to Kenney’s teen stepdaughter.

Authorities besides discovered an undated missive Roure wrote to Kenney, telling him: "You’re drinking, you’re utilizing cocaine again. This is not the mode a household should be. You request God." 

Immediately pursuing the shooting of his woman and stepdaughter, constabulary accidental Kenney fled the country successful his motortruck and called his sister to archer her helium "had done thing truly atrocious and helium was not going to jail." Kenney reportedly added that she would "see it connected the news," earlier driving to his deceased father’s location successful Lake Wales and entering a shed connected the property.

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Crystal Roure was changeable and killed by her husband, Jason Kenney, wrong the family’s location successful Highland City, Florida connected Dec. 22, 2025, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. (Facebook/Jason Kenney​)

When officers arrived and began yelling for Kenney to travel outside, they heard a azygous gunshot and yet recovered him deceased from an evident self-inflicted coiled to the head. 

"He perfectly destroyed a family," Judd said. "When you spell successful there, determination is simply a beauteous Christmas histrion with tons of Christmas presents nether the tree, conscionable similar the atomic household should be, and it ends up this way."

Judd revealed that relatives of the household told investigators that Kenney had been abusing his woman "for a while," contempt the sheriff’s bureau having nary records of immoderate home unit calls regarding the couple. Additionally, Kenney had nary transgression history, Judd added.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

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"After they were married, I cognize she said helium was drinking a batch much but she said that helium was going to halt and said helium would get assistance with it. Obviously that didn't happen," Roure’s sister, Stephanie Roure, told USA Today. 

"My sister died a leader for protecting her children and getting my nephew retired of the location to marque the 911 call," Stephanie Roure reportedly said. "She did that. She saved their lives and by doing truthful my nephew saved his sister's life, and convey God the babe was untouched."