A newly filed indictment shows Kyle William Spitze is facing child sex crime and animal abuse charges. In 2023 frightening footage circulating online shows a deranged man shooting and injuring his partner's son from point-blank range amid a heated argument - ending with the shooter taking his own life after a lengthy standoff with police. Jeffrey Scott West, 68, of Friendsville, Tennessee, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he fired a gun at Kyle W. Spitze, 24, hitting him once in the ear, following an argument between the two.
—WBIR TV