Tennessee man shoots partner’s son during argument in horrid video — leading to 2-hour standoff with cops

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 on Aug. 25, 2023, according to The Blount County Sheriff’s Office.

In the shocking point-of-view footage from Spitze’s end, West is heard shouting at the man before he appears in his bedroom doorway brandishing a handgun.

“I’m getting ready to blow his goddamn brains out! Right f–kin’ now,” West is heard yelling as he appears from behind the door with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and the gun pointed directly at Spitze as he lays on his bed.

Spitze’s mother is seen scurrying over to West with her pants down, pleading with him to “Stop it,” eventually getting him away from the bedroom door.

“Blow my brains out? Shoot me, and I guarantee you’ll go to jail for life,” Spitze replies.

“You want me to?” West yells, coming back in view of the camera and pointing his handgun at the victim, still lounging on his bed.

Spitze’s mother begins bickering with West as she shuts her son’s door to de-escalate the heated exchange.

“I’m getting ready to blow his brains out, and yours!” West shouts from behind the door, prompting Spitze to stand up and open it.

“You gonna blow my mom’s brain out?” the victim yells, now standing in the hallway of the home, and tells West to “point that gun” at him “again.”

As the camera pans toward West, the man again points the gun in Spitze’s direction.

A single shot fires directly in the direction of the camera as the victim’s mother gasps in complete shock.

After a few seconds of eerie silence, Spitze’s mother asks in total disbelief if West just “f–king hit him?”

Blood begins to drip onto Spitze’s feet and the hardwood floor as he seems to be grazed in the ear by the bullet.

“Oh my god! You’re going to jail,” Melanie shouts as West walks away.

Spitze quickly rushes out of the home’s backdoor in a panic to get help as the clip ends.

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office then reported soon after a 911 call would be made reporting the shooting.

Officers arrived on the scene at around 8:15 p.m. to find Spitze and his mother outside the home, as West had begun to barricade himself inside the residence.

Members of the Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiations and SWAT teams were called to the scene to negotiate with the shooter, understanding the severity of the situation.

Police say they used a public address system in an attempt to talk with West while surrounding the home in hopes he would surrender.

After nearly two-and-a-half hours of failed attempts at communicating with West, deputies deployed a Sheriff’s K-9 into the home shortly before 11 p.m.

West would be found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to law enforcement.

Spitze was rushed to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment of his non-life-threatening injury soon after police arrived on the scene.

It’s unknown what the relationship was between West and Spitze.

No law enforcement officers were injured during the August 2023 standoff, police said.

Friendsville is about 20 miles southwest of Downtown Knoxville.