By JUAN ORTEGA
Sun Sentinel
Calling it a double murder-suicide, police Monday determined that a Sunrise man fatally shot his wife and 13-year-old daughter before he killed himself.
But what prompted Quincy Kelly, 35, to gun down his wife of eight years, Lisa Kelly, and their daughter Soraya might never be known, Sunrise police said.
Quincy Kelly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and did not leave a suicide note, so police could not determine what led to the tragedy inside the Kellys' home.
The couple appeared to have been dealing with domestic problems, said police spokesman Lt. Brian Gerity.
``This is the ultimate act of domestic violence,'' he said.
Police discovered the three bodies just before 2 a.m. Sunday when they responded to an emergency call from the house with a white-brick exterior and one-car garage in the 8100 block of Northwest 21st Street.
Other family members were home during the shootings, but they were on the opposite side of the house and told police they did not hear the gunshots, Gerity said.
``Nobody knew what had happened until family members came looking for [Soraya],'' Gerity said.
The relatives called police and, when officers arrived, they broke down a locked bedroom door.
There they found the two adults and teen shot in the head, police said.
Sam Mitchell, a friend who knew the Kelly family for many years, said they were ``well-loved'' by their tight-knit community, including parishioners at their church, the Episcopal Church of the Atonement in Lauderdale Lakes.
``This has brought a dark cloud over the neighborhood,'' Mitchell said Monday.
Sunrise police said they had not received previous emergency calls from the home.
Quincy Kelly had recently lost his job, said Mitchell, who did not know what it was. He downplayed any connection between Kelly's unemployment and the slayings.
``He supported his family,'' Mitchell said.
``Finances should not be the cause of this.''
Soraya Kelly was a well-performing student who attended Bair Middle School and later Westpine Middle School, said Nadine Drew, a spokeswoman for the Broward school district.
When Soraya attended Liberty Elementary School in Margate last school year, she was recognized as a Student of the Month.
At Margate City Hall, where a city official lauded her as ``a very conscientious, hard-working student,'' she proudly held her framed plaque and smiled for a picture with her family.
To remember the family, a candlelight vigil is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Episcopal Church of the Atonement, 4401 W. Oakland Park Blvd.
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