PCSO: Wife fatally shoots husband after being battered with his gun.

WINTER HAVEN — A violent domestic dispute ended with a woman fatally shooting her husband at their Winter Haven home on Friday morning, according to Polk County Sheriff's Office reports.

The dispute took place around 11 a.m., when Trevor Goosby, 46, arrived home from work after having been away a couple of weeks. An argument followed with his wife, Tyrinda Goosby, 44, about an interactive online game she had been playing.

According to early PCSO reports, Trevor went into the bedroom of the couple's home at 6th Street SE and returned with a gun that he used to batter his wife.

A cousin of Tyrinda's that had been living with the couple, Patrice Wilson, intervened to stop the beating and, holding a long, cylinder-type jar of peppers, told him to get off his wife, the PCSO said. Trevor Goosby then took the jar of peppers from her and struck Wilson in the head, Sheriff Grady Judd said during a press conference at the home Friday afternoon.

Wilson was significantly injured, suffering a deep laceration, Judd said, and at that point, with the gun no longer in Trevor Goosby's hand, Tyrinda Goosby picked up the firearm and shot her husband twice.

He staggered out of the home to the front yard, where he died.

The women appear to be victims, according to Judd, who emphasized the investigation is still in its early stages. Both women were transported to area hospitals for treatment. Wilson had a serious laceration on her head, but was stable and is expected to be released from the hospital later Friday, the PCSO reported in a release. Goosby had minor injuries.

"They may very well be protected, because they were not only standing their ground, but they were defending themselves in felony assaults and felony batteries," Judd said.

Trevor's aunt, who declined to give her name to media, arrived at the scene and described him as a hard-working man who did not seem to be the kind of person who would hit a woman. She said the dispute came as a surprise.

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