Man unleashed hail of gunfire while father sat on couch late at night and then 'put one in the back of his f—ing head' because he was 'tired of hearing' him breathe

A Florida antheral volition walk respective decades down bars for shooting and killing his father successful a furious hail of gunfire portion the older antheral sat connected the sofa successful the mediate of the night.

In aboriginal May, Garry Charles Bartlett, Jr., 29, pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of murder successful the 2nd degree with a limb implicit the November 2024 decease of 69-year-old Garry Charles Bartlett, Sr., according to Duval County tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime.

On Wednesday, Duval County Circuit Court Judge Jeb Branham sentenced the suspect to 45 years successful authorities prison.

Under the presumption of a partially negotiated plea deal, Bartlett, Jr. agreed to a 40-year minimum condemnation with a imaginable maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison, tribunal records show. The tribunal meted retired punishment adjacent the little extremity of that spectrum – and the suspect was besides credited with astir 2 years of clip spent successful pretrial detention.

The underlying incidental occurred connected Nov. 20, 2024, astatine a residence connected Fawn Lake Drive successful the Deer Cove vicinity of Jacksonville.

The suspect himself dialed 911 that time and told dispatchers helium changeable his father, according to an apprehension study obtained by Law&Crime.

"He besides stated his begetter was deceased," the study reads. "While connected the telephone with constabulary dispatch, the fishy informed dispatchers that helium placed the weapon helium utilized to sprout his begetter was successful the backmost chamber of the residence. He besides informed dispatchers that CPR was not indispensable arsenic his begetter was already deceased."

Officers arrived to find Bartlett, Jr. successful the beforehand yard, constabulary said. A hunt of the convicted killer's assemblage turned up 1 9 mm casing and 1 unrecorded 9 mm circular successful 1 of his pants pockets. Inside the house, officers recovered Bartlett, Sr., dormant connected the surviving country level – suffering from "several" gunshot wounds, according to the charging document.

Investigators past took a person look astatine the execution scene, uncovering the unfortunate "covered successful blood," 12 spent 9 mm casings successful the surviving room, and the Springfield Armory 9 mm handgun connected the furniture successful the backmost bedroom, according to the report. The weapon had seemingly misfired – 2 unrecorded rounds were double-fed into the enclosure portion the 20-round mag had 2 further rounds remaining, constabulary said.

At the constabulary station, the suspect was apprised of his Miranda rights and agreed to talk with detectives – volubly, and astatine magnitude astir his past with his begetter and wherefore and erstwhile helium yet chose unit to enactment that past to rest, according to the apprehension report.

To perceive Bartlett, Jr. archer it, his begetter had "sexually assaulted" him betwixt the ages of 5 and 9 years old, the study says. Police, however, said these allegations had ne'er earlier been documented.

The nighttime earlier the shooting, Bartlett, Sr. is said to person made a remark astir "raping" him, his lad told investigators. This did not instantly effect successful the flurry of gunfire, though. Rather, the suspect went to his country and "stewed" portion listening to euphony and calling a friend, constabulary said.

Some six to 8 hours later, the suspect got his weapon and went retired to the surviving country wherever helium recovered his begetter connected the couch.

The study explains the son's instrumentality connected what happened next:

[The son] admitted helium changeable and killed his father. He said helium primitively fired respective rounds astatine the victim, but the unfortunate was inactive breathing. He said helium was bushed of proceeding his father's agonal breathing causing him to "put 1 successful the backmost of his f—ing head" and the unfortunate "shut the f— up aft that." When asked however galore times helium changeable his father, helium said, "a lot". The fishy besides confirmed helium went into the backmost chamber aft the shooting. He advised helium placed his firearm connected the furniture and laid successful the furniture for respective hours.

After waiting different six to 8 hours, the suspect dialed 911.

The crook of events shocked the neighborhood.

"Nice radical from what each I knew, kept to themselves," 1 neighbour told Jacksonville-based NBC affiliate WTLV and Orange Park-based ABC affiliate WJXX, who collectively broadcast arsenic First Coast News. "I don't cognize overmuch astir the household themselves. I'm conscionable wholly amazed by the full situation, for this vicinity for sure."