Moment Florida schoolgirls' catfight spiraled into shooting that left father of FOURTEEN dead

A father-of-14 from Florida was changeable and killed aft trying to interruption up a combat involving a radical of teen girls that included his daughter.  

Johnny Stevenson Jr., 47, jumped successful to support his 15-year-old girl aft she called him and said she was successful a combat with a classmate connected Tuesday. The combat continued disconnected the autobus and aggregate different children joined in. 

The concern took a fatal crook erstwhile Stevenson intervened. He was changeable successful the tummy astatine astir 5.30pm by Kentarian Cross, 22, from Florida city, according to constabulary reports. 

Stevenson's girl told CBS: 'The idiosyncratic who changeable my dada pulled my champion person away, past helium pulled my momma. That's erstwhile my dada seen him, past the lad shoved my dad. My dada shoved him backmost and past the lad pulled retired a weapon and changeable him.

'I seen my dada successful the country of my eye. I seen him fall. I wasn't truly thinking. I spot him connected the floor, I enactment unit connected his stomach. My mom, she comes to enactment unit connected his stomach.'

The begetter was taken to Baptist Homestead Hospital and was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center for surgery, but did not survive. 

Cross turned himself successful and was arrested connected Wednesday aft respective witnesses identified him, constabulary said. He was charged with second-degree murder. 

Before Cross turned himself in, constabulary were offering a $5,000 reward to immoderate extremity that led to his arrest.  

Stevenson's heartbroken girl said the combat started verbally, but became carnal erstwhile the miss she was warring maced and spit connected her. 

Video shows that the altercation started connected the bus. The girls were seen carrying retired hair-pulling attacks and throwing punches.

A radical of teenagers got progressive successful the combat arsenic it traveled down the thoroughfare distant from the autobus stop. The idiosyncratic signaling the combat connected their cellphone screamed erstwhile the changeable was fired and Stevenson fell to the ground. 

Homestead Senior High School, wherever the students spell to school, wrote successful a connection to CBS: 'The school's medication is reviewing the matter, and the students progressive volition beryllium disciplined according to the Code of Student Conduct.'

Stevenson - known by loved ones arsenic 'Bobo' - was a caring begetter to his 14 children. He enjoyed ungraded biking and cherished his family.

His relative told Local News 10: 'We looked up to him. All his kids looked up to him – everybody, to beryllium honest. He was conscionable that person.'

He was a highly regarded subordinate of his community.

His uncle, Arnold Lloyd told CBS: 'I mean, truthful galore radical loved him.'

Cross did not accidental thing to detectives aft his arrest, according to constabulary reports.

He went to tribunal connected Thursday and is being held without bond.