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Background: A street in the Citrus Landing community of Davenport, Florida (Google Maps). Inset: Kelly Agar Garcia (Polk County Sheriff’s Office).
A man has been charged with shooting and killing his adult stepson after what police called a domestic fight over the popular video game Fortnite.
Kelly Garcia, 43, and his wife, Adriane Daza, 48, were at their residence in Davenport, Florida, on Wednesday evening with Daza’s son, Azareel Martinez, 26, along with her two younger children, aged 9 and 11.
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As reported by Davenport police, the 9-year-old boy was found engaged in playing Fortnite, a game that his parents had expressly prohibited. When reprimanded and having his cellphone confiscated, the 9-year-old allegedly retrieved a Smith & Wesson 9 mm handgun from a drawer in his parents’ bedroom nightstand.
Police stated that Garcia managed to remove the gun from the boy, but at that moment, Martinez came into the room, observed the boy’s “agitated” demeanor, and began criticizing his stepfather. Garcia then allegedly shot Martinez multiple times in the chest and stomach.
As Martinez retreated, Garcia shot him twice more in the back, police said, forcing Martinez to collapse to the ground. He was brought to a local hospital where he died.
Police arrived at the home, located in the Citrus Landing community, at about 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday, and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the forensics investigation of what law enforcement called an “extensive” crime scene. Garcia has been charged with second-degree murder and the unlawful storage of a firearm accessible to a minor. He was being held in the Polk County jail as of Thursday morning.
Davenport is a city in Polk County, located about 30 miles southwest of Orlando.
The maximum sentence for a second-degree murder conviction is life in prison.
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