Crime & Safety
Reward Offered For Information On Mother's Shooting In Home
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved in the shooting death of a woman in her home.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved in the shooting death of a woman in her home in New Port Richey.
Pasco County sheriff's deputies are searching for three teens involved in a shooting that killed a mother, wife and nurse.
At 1:40 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, a group of teens approached the bedroom window of a home on Irene Loop off Trouble Creek Road in the Melodie Hills area and, from a distance of 1 or 2 feet away, one teen fired 11 shots through the bedroom window. Inside, a husband and wife were laying in bed watching TV. The wife was struck by at least one bullet and died.
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According to Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco, the fatal shooting occurred after two other shootings over the weekend. There was a drive-by shooting at the same house around 5 a.m. Saturday. Then, around midnight Saturday, there was another drive-by shooting at a home in the New Port Richey city limits.
Detectives believe groups of teens were targeting one another's homes.
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"These juveniles were going back and forth shooting up neighborhoods," Nocco said. "They didn't care about the innocent lives."
At the final shooting at 1:40 a.m., the husband, who didn't realize his wife had been shot, grabbed a gun and ran outside, shooting one of the teens as they fled.
Nocco said the teen who was shot by the husband was the same teen who fired 11 bullets into the home. Kyle James Beavers, 17, sustained a minor gunshot wound. After being released from the hospital, he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Nocco said Beavers has been arrested 18 times on charges ranging from battery to breaking into cars.
The sheriff's office said the intended target was the couple's teenage son.
The sheriff's office has released additional still photos of the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS.
Related story: Video: 11 Bullets Fly Through Window, Killing Mother In Bed
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