Re: Former Lakewood High teacher shot man having sex with wife, report states

[Should have shot the wife too]

On 23 Feb 2022, Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> posted some
news:e6ae4a93-6cb4-46f1...@googlegroups.com:

> His only mistake was not killing his wigger whore wife at the same
> time.

A former Lakewood High School music teacher shot a man who was having
sex with his wife in the couple’s home early Wednesday, according to an
arrest report.

The Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday that St. Petersburg police
arrested Jacob Woodside Merrett, 35, on an attempted first-degree murder
charge after investigators determined he shot a man inside his home on
the 600 block of 64th Avenue South. At the time, police said Merrett and
the man knew each other but did not release more details.

The man was taken to an area hospital, where he was in critical but
stable condition, a police spokesperson said Thursday.

An arrest affidavit released Thursday includes details on what police
said led up to the shooting.

Merrett’s wife told police that she and Merrett have an open
relationship and that, about a week before the shooting, Merrett told
her he didn’t want her to see the victim anymore, according to the
report.

Merrett’s wife told police that on Wednesday evening, Merrett saw a text
message from the victim on her cellphone and demanded to see it.
Merrett’s wife refused, and he left the house during the argument,
according to the affidavit.

When Merrett returned later, his wife refused to let him into the home
out of fear for her safety, and the couple agreed he would leave for the
night, according to the affidavit. After Merrett left, the victim
arrived and he and Merrett’s wife went into the primary bedroom and
began to have sex.

At that point, Merrett entered the house and called 911 to report that
someone was raping his wife. He then shot the man multiple times with a
semi-automatic handgun, claiming not to know him, according to the
affidavit.

Merrett “entered the residence knowing of (his wife’s) relationship with
the victim and shot him numerous times causing potentially mortal
wounds,” the affidavit states.

The victim’s name is redacted from a copy of the affidavit released by
the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. A copy that the St.
Petersburg Police Department released to the Times on Wednesday was
nearly completely redacted. A police spokesperson cited an active
investigation for the redactions.

Merrett was being held without bail Thursday in the Pinellas County
Jail, records show.

A Pinellas County Schools spokesperson told the Times on Wednesday that
Merrett was hired by the district in 2011 and he left in October 2022.
At the time of his departure, he was an assistant principal at Disston
Academy for Progress and Enterprise in Gulfport and was dismissed from
that post during his probationary period, the spokesperson said.

Merrett’s personal website says he taught music at Lakewood High School
and served as the chairperson of the performing arts department for more
than a decade. The site says Merrett “provides a wide range of services
to suit your needs in music, education, or operations.”

Merrett’s Facebook page says he is a “program manager” at the BLI
Institute in Pinellas Park, and the institute’s website listed him as a
“high school teacher/music director.” A person who answered the phone at
the BLI Institute on Wednesday said Merrett left the institute about two
months ago and that the website needed to be updated. The person
declined to provide more information.

https://news.yahoo.com/former-lakewood-high-teacher-shot-181000880.html