Daytona cop's son charged in killing

Daytona cop's son charged in killing

Man shot ex-girlfriend 4 times, police reported

By LYDA LONGA
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH -- Kyishi Dowdell and her mother were afraid "to close their eyes at night" a family member said Monday, because Dowdell's ex-boyfriend -- the son of a longtime Daytona Beach police officer -- was constantly peeping into the windows of their residence.

Early Monday, just after 12:30, 37-year-old Craig Flynt shot Dowdell to death in a neighbor's front yard on Maley Street, a police report states.

The victim, 31, was the mother of four of Flynt's children.

As officers arrived at 820 Maley St. after two neighbors called 9-1-1, they saw Flynt shoot Dowdell once in the head, the report states. Flynt then ran onto the screened front porch of the tiny tan house, pointed the handgun at his own head, and pulled the trigger several times.

There were no more bullets left after the five-shot rampage.

Before he shot Dowdell four times, Flynt fired one round into her residence, leaving a small hole in the front door, police said. The victim's mother and the children --ages 5 to 12 -- were inside at the time.

Police arrested Flynt at the scene and charged him with first-degree murder.

The shooting death capped a tumultuous relationship between Dowdell -- described as quiet -- and Flynt.

Flynt, the son of Daytona Beach police spokesman and Investigator Jimmie Flynt has a criminal history that includes domestic violence against Dowdell.

"I heard that he told people that if he couldn't have her (Dowdell), he was going to kill her," said Paul Dowdell, an uncle of the slain woman.

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