8-year-old girl shot by dad, who also killed mom and brother, succumbs to injuries on Christmas Day
McKenna Presnar succumbed to her injuries nine days after a double murder-suicide saw her father, mother, and brother dead
An eight-year-old girl, who was shot and critically injured during the double murder-suicide by her father which also saw her mother and brother killed, succumbed to her injuries on Christmas Day, nine days after she was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.
The 44-year-old father, US Coast Guard serviceman John Stanley Presnar, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home near the 11400 block of Southwest 242nd Lane in southwest Miami-Dade on December 16 along with his 39-year-old wife Gretchen Presnar and seven-year-old son John Jr. During the killing spree, he also shot eight-year-old daughter McKenna, who was airlifted to the Nicklaus Children's Hospital and put on life support.