A 14-year-old Florida teenager killed his parents in their Middleburg home and walked to a church where he called 911 shortly after midnight and waited for deputies, Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said.
The Sheriff's Office found Trevor Lee at Cross Pointe Church Aug. 4 where he was taken into custody without incident, according to the arrest report. The church was about a mile away from the home in the area of Silver Point and County Road 220, where his parents, 44-year-old David K. Lee and 45-year-old Brandi L. Smith were found dead.
Here's what we know so far:
What happened in the incident where 14-year-old Florida teen killed his parents?
Trevor Lee called 911 and told the dispatcher he shot his parents, where deputies could find them at their home and that he was waiting at a church about a mile away.
Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said Aug. 4 that the incident stemmed from a domestic argument the night before and that the firearm was believed to belong to Lee's parents. The gun was recovered at the home.
Who called 911? Calls from 14-year-old Trevor Lee, sister in California
Trevor Eugene Lee stayed on the line with a Clay County dispatcher for 21 minutes and 49 seconds, revealing what happened to his parents and talking about how he needed to pray and even asked the dispatcher if she could pray for him. Lee appeared to remain calm and polite during the call. Much of it has been redacted for privacy and investigative statutes.
The other 911 call appeared to come from Ayanna Russell, Lee's sister, who lives in California. It's 38 minutes and 21 seconds, but much more is redacted and often difficult to understand. She's also crying hysterically in some of it.
Action News Jax spoke with Russell, who said their family dynamic was normal when she lived with them.
She said her brother was a good kid, "a bright young man" with lots of friends. She said she wasn't aware of any issues between her brother and parents and had no idea about the argument.
Redacted 911 call: Teen who killed parents and called 911 asks dispatcher, can you 'pray for me?'
What was 14-year-old Trevor Lee charged with?
Trevor Eugene Lee's arrest report was heavily blacked out and did not reveal what led up to the shooting, however Sheriff Michelle Cook said Lee was charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
What did Trevor Lee's best friend say?
Best friend Kyree Beamon said they went to Lakeside Junior High School together and were about to start Fleming Island High School.
Beamon told First Coast News he last spoke with Lee around midnight, six hours before police responded to the shooting.
“He told me he loved me and he told me he was calling to say goodnight,” Beamon said. "Trevor isn’t a bad person, he made some bad mistakes and he’ll suffer the consequences for it, but that’s not all he was. I don’t want him to be known as a killer or murderer. He was a great kid, great son and great brother."
Beamon also talked about Lee's parents.
“They were the best or one of the best families I knew,” he told FCN. "They were funny and they treated me well. They told me they loved me like a son and they treated me as such.”
Clay County Sheriff's Office calls to the family's home
The most recent call was for a follow-up investigation on April 27 and also included a suicide threat by the then 10-year-old on March 24, 2021. The others were for "one sick or down" on March 21 and April 5 of 2024 and a disturbance on July 8, 2022.
The calls for service, five since 2021, did not generate incident reports for any of the calls other than computer-aided dispatch communication. For the suicide threat, it stated "Trevor," who went to McRae Elementary, was going to cut his throat. His active-duty Navy father said he scheduled a psychiatric appointment for him.
The disturbance report said the father held a female against her will and wouldn't give her items back and made some redacted references to not wanting to go back "to the naval base because 'she is going to embarrass both of us.'"
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Where is Clay County, Florida?
Clay County, formerly a part of Duval County, is located in Northeast Florida and includes the communities of Green Cove Springs, Penney Farms and Orange Park.
It lies southwest of Jacksonville and west of St. Augustine.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: 14-year-old kills parents, calls in Clay County, Florida 911
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