Video reveals man shoot companion’s son (earlier than taking his personal life)
Appalling footage reveals the second an enraged man shot and injured his companion’s son throughout an argument – earlier than a dramatic standoff with cops.
Kyle W Spitze, 24, was wounded however survived and escaped, whereas gunman Jeffrey Scott West, 68, barricaded himself within the Tennessee residence when SWAT turned up.
Officers might be seen attempting to barter with him whereas he waves across the firearm – however he is later discovered useless from a self-inflicted gunshot when cops ship in a Okay-9.
The new footage is filmed from Spitze’s perspective, and reveals him taking the bullet to the ear earlier than frantically fleeing and ready for officers exterior.
Shocking footage reveals the second a 68-year-old-man, recognized as Jeffrey Scott West, shot his companion’s son, 24-year-old Kyle W. Spitz, throughout an argument again in August
The footage is new, and reveals what occurred on the Tennessee residence previous to a greater than two hour police standoff
‘I’m on the point of blow his godd*mn brains out! Right f**kin’ now!’ the clips begins, with west shouting the risk as Spitze sits filming from his mattress.
‘Blow my brains out? Shoot me and I assure you will go to jail for all times,’ the eventual sufferer replies, recording the older man as he stands within the doorframe.
Spitze’s mom, Melanie, is seen struggling to deescalate the scenario, standing between the 2 males.
West, in the meantime, continues to wave and level the gun, aiming it at Spitze a number of instances as he continues to movie the clip in first-person.
The mother is then seen shutting the door, as Spitze continues to movie.
Through the shut door, her love curiosity shouts, ‘I’m uninterested in his sh*t!’ – after which Spitze stands up and opens the door, resuming the battle.
‘You gonna blow my mother’s mind out?’ he yells, because the argument spills out right into a hallway on Quarry Hollow Road.
Spitze, in the meantime, continues to movie, as his 60-year-old mother tries to maintain the boys aside. West, nonetheless irate, proceeds to level the weapon at Spitze a number of extra instances.
The man who was wounded, Spitze, survived and escaped, whereas the gunman, West, barricaded himself inside the house earlier than encountering SWAT groups and Crisis Negotiations
Negotiations ensued, however West – seen within the footage indiscriminately waving the firearm – refused to give up. Cops ultimately despatched in a Okay-9, and located the senior useless from a self-inflicted gunshot
‘Point that gun at me once more,’ Spitze says at this level, seemingly beneath the pretense that West was of sound sufficient thoughts to not truly pull the set off.
That presumption, nevertheless, finally proved incorrect – evidenced by the loud ‘pop’ that ensued and the unmistakable flash of gunfire.
Still filming, Spitze steps again, and proceeds to survey the room in silence.
A interval of eerie quiet follows, throughout which Spitze appears to be nonetheless assessing what has simply occurred.
His mother then gasps – as a number of droplets of blood fall to the picket ground.
‘Oh my god! You’re going to jail,’ she goes on to shout, as West walks away – and Spitze begins to comprehend what’s occurred.
A rush of panic shortly ensues, throughout which the sufferer is seen frantically dashing to the residence’s backdoor.
The new footage is filmed from Spitze’s perspective, and reveals him taking the bullet to the ear earlier than frantically fleeing and ready for officers exterior
After the shot, a number of droplets of Spitze’s blood are seen falling to the house’s picket ground.
He shortly makes it, and begins to look within the door’s reflective glass to see the harm.
The clip ends there, however statements from The Blount County Sheriff’s Office inform the remainder of the story.
They revealed how after the gun went off, Spitze and his mom quickly reconvened exterior.
The pair then proceeded to cellphone 911 – inflicting deputies to descend on the scene round 8:15pm.
Upon arrival, officers discovered Spitze and his mom ready exterior, and instantly rendered first air to the sufferer.
Once stabilized, he advised officers that he and West had been arguing within the residence, and that the gun-toting suspect was nonetheless inside.
Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiations and SWAT brokers ultimately arrived on the scene, and commenced trying to barter with West with the aim of creating him to give up.
Those efforts, nevertheless, failed after roughly two-and-a-half hours, and deputies ultimately despatched in a single Okay-9 simply earlier than 11pm, cops stated in a press release.
Once inside, the animal was capable of convey to officers that West was useless, after which investigators went inside to seek out the person useless from an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Officers would later verify that West had killed himself, and that Spitze had sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the precise ear.
His situation, as of Tuesday, stays unknown, however his newly surfaced footage of the encounter continues to flow into.
No officers had been harm. DailyMail.com has reached out to each Spitze and The Blount County Sheriff’s Office for remark.
