Two shot dead in Smyrna

[QuietDan]

Two found dead in Smyrna

 

Posted: Jan 16, 2014 8:52 PM CST

Updated: Jan 16, 2014 9:45 PM CST

 

Reported by Nancy Amons - email

 

 

 

SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) -

 

Two people were found dead inside a Smyrna residence by police investigating a 911 hang-up.

 

Smyrna police Chief Kevin Arnold confirmed officers found a woman who had been shot and a man believed to have been shot at an apartment on Village Lake Drive.

 

"Officers arrived and found two individuals deceased," said Arnold.

 

Arnold said his department received the 911 hang-up call about 7:20 p.m.

 

Authorities said there were children at the home at the time of the shooting. Those children are now in custody of the Department of Childrens Services.

 

http://www.wsmv.com/story/24477231/two-shot-dead-in-smyrna

Edited January 17, 2014 by QuietDan

[rugerla1]

Just saw this on Facebook, crazy!!!

[QuietDan]

Morning update:

 

Smyrna Police Chief: Fatal shooting being investigated as murder-suicide; small child found in home

 

Smyrna Police came upon a grisly scene Thursday night when responding to a 911 hangup call at a Village Lake Drive town home. A man and a woman were found dead with “wounds consistent with gun shots,” said Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold.

 

A child was also found unhurt in the home, Arnold told The Daily News Journal, but he would not release the child’s name or gender.

 

At about 6:30 a.m. today, Arnold issued the following press release.

 

“At 7:20pm on January 16th, 2014 the Smyrna Police Department received a 911 hang up call from 117 Village Lake Drive.

Officers responded and found that the front door had been kicked open.

 

When officers entered the home they found a small child, approximately 2 to 3 years of age, that was walking around unharmed.

The child was secured by an officer and then officers cleared the home.

 

Found in an upstairs bathroom was Kayleigh Dupont, 28 years of age, and Justin Bennett, 32 years of age. Ms. Dupont and Mr. Bennett were both deceased.

 

An investigation was begin by crime scene personnel and detectives and they have concluded that Mr. Bennett entered the home by kicking in the front door and then confronted Ms. Dupont in the bathroom where he shot her.

 

He then turned the weapon on himself. At this point in time the investigation has revealed that this stemmed from a domestic violence call that this department answered on January 14th at this residence.

 

The investigation will resume this morning ... The child that was in the home was Ms. Dupont’s child and it was in protective custody as of early this morning.”

 

http://www.dnj.com/article/20140117/NEWS01/301170014/Smyrna-Police-Chief-Fatal-shooting-being-investigated-murder-suicide-small-child-found-home

Edited January 17, 2014 by QuietDan

[RobertNashville]

That's just profoundly sad.  Thank God the child wasn't killed as well.

[QuietDan]

And also:

 

Smyrna Police: 2 Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide

 

Posted: Jan 16, 2014 10:35 PM CST

Updated: Jan 17, 2014 8:46 AM CST

 

SYMRNA, Tenn. – Smyrna Police said the shooting deaths of a man and a woman at an apartment complex on Thursday night appeared to be a murder-suicide.

 

Police said they received a hang up call to 911 around 7:20 p.m. from an apartment at the Village Lake Apartments on Village Lake Drive.

 

When officers arrived at the home, the front door had been kicked open. They found a 2-year-old child walking around unharmed.

 

Officers then discovered two bodies in a locked, upstairs bathroom. Police identified them as 28-year-old Kayleigh Dupont and 32-year-old Justin Bennett. Bennett was the brother of Dupont's boyfriend, who police said was at work at the time of the shootings.

 

The preliminary investigation indicated that Bennett kicked in the front door, confronted Dupont in the bathroom, and shot her. Police said he then shot himself. 

 

Police said they believe the shootings stemmed from a domestic violence call at the home on Tuesday.

 

"A lot of this stemmed from -- there was a domestic situation there on the 14th of January with the grandfather of Kayleigh's child was arrested for domestic assault," said Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold.

 

No other details were released. 

 

The investigation was ongoing. Police will try to enhance the 911 tape to see who made the call, and determine if anyone else may have been involved.

 

The child, who belonged to Dupont, was placed into protective custody.

 

 

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/24477804/police-2-killed-in-apparent-murder-suicide

Edited January 17, 2014 by QuietDan

[E4 No More]

BIL kills SIL and then commits suicide? It makes the imagination work here.

[rugerla1]

BIL kills SIL and then commits suicide? It makes the imagination work here.

Yes it does. Wonder if we will hear the real reason behind it. Not that it will bring that kids Mom back to life though. Sad!

[RED333]

"A lot of this stemmed from -- there was a domestic situation there on the 14th of January with the grandfather of Kayleigh's child was arrested for domestic assault," said Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold.

 

"You had my dad arrested?!!!"

 

Just might have something to do with it.

[E4 No More]

"A lot of this stemmed from -- there was a domestic situation there on the 14th of January with the grandfather of Kayleigh's child was arrested for domestic assault," said Smyrna Police Chief Kevin Arnold.

 

"You had my dad arrested?!!!"

 

Just might have something to do with it.

Generally not something one commits murder-suicide over.

[bersaguy]

You have to wonder what is going through someones mind who can kill a person over a domestic issue and then kill themselves. They should stop and give thought as to how many people that they leave behind that will suffer because of such a stupid act. Just senseless to me how these people think or don't think and just do...............jmho

[QuietDan]

This just gets more and more stupid:

 

Police: Broken child's toy led to Smyrna murder-suicide

 

Posted: Jan 16, 2014 8:52 PM CST

 

Updated: Jan 17, 2014 7:37 PM CST

 

 

Reported by Nancy Amons - email

 

 

SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) -

 

An argument over a broken toy was apparently what started a family fight that ended with two people dead Thursday night in Smyrna.

 

Kayleigh DuPont called 911 from her cell phone, but the operator never heard any cries for help. When officers arrived at the Village Lake Apartments to check out the 911 call, they found two bodies in the upstairs bathroom.

 

Smyrna police say the 28-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her future brother-in-law, who then took his own life.

 

Family members and police tell Channel 4 News trouble had been brewing in the family for weeks.

 

Now, a boy who is about to turn 2 years old is without a mother. He was found unharmed downstairs by the arriving officers.

 

What pushed Justin Bennett, 32, to kill his future sister-in-law, then himself? Police and family members believe he was upset with DuPont for pressing charges against his father, Timothy Bennett.

 

Timothy Bennett said he and DuPont had a fight the day after Christmas when she was mad that her son's toy train was broken.

"So what - it's just a toy," Timothy Bennett told Channel 4 News.

 

On Tuesday, DuPont took out a restraining order against her father-in-law to be.

 

"The Bennett man who is passed away, from our determination, became consumed with this," said Smyrna Police Kevin Arnold.

DuPont's brother in England said the woman's fiance, Jason, is now caring for their son, Jacoby. Jason Bennett tonight is mourning not only his fiance but also his own brother.

 

"When they brought that child out last night, and here is this 2-year-old with a pacifier in his mouth, and to think that his life is impacted forever, just over something stupid and silly," Arnold said.

 

The chief of police said there had been an earlier incident at the home, also involving domestic violence.

 

DuPont's brother said Jason Bennett was not home at the time this was all happening. He was on business in Kentucky.

 

Copyright 2014 WSMV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.

 

 

 

http://www.wsmv.com/story/24477231/two-found-dead-in-smyrna

Edited January 18, 2014 by QuietDan

[rugerla1]

Flat out crazy!