Michael Braun, and BEN BRASCH

The News-Press

A North Fort Myers man is in jail after, deputies said, he shot his wife and then himself.

His wife also survived.

John Paul Kirby, 73, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Office about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. He is facing three charges of attempted homicide, shooting into a building and brandishing a firearm during a felony.

His 71-year-old wife Linda KIrby called 911 about 10:40 p.m. Saturday while lying in a large puddle of blood and told them "her husband ... had shot her in the head and that she was unable to move," according to an arrest report.

Deputies forced their way into the couple's Suncoast Estates trailer on Ebson Drive and found her conscious with gunshot wounds to the back of her head, her neck and her right thigh.

Deputies followed a blood trail starting at the .32-caliber revolver next to the woman until it led them to the master bedroom where they found John Kirby passed out with a gunshot wound to his left temple.

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Medics rushed the woman to a hospital, where she was put on a ventilator. Detectives went to interview her Monday.

She told them that she was sitting in the living room watching television when Kirby came out of the bedroom naked and fired four or five shots at her. Then she saw her husband go back into the bedroom and, while she was trying to grab the phone, she heard him fire one shot.

Investigators found that the revolver had five spent casings and two live rounds in the chamber.

Deputies arrested John Kirby once he was released from the hospital's trauma center. He declined to speak with authorities.

He is in Lee County jail. He is scheduled for a March 28 court hearing.

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