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Newly released body camera video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the husband of an Ohio teacher, who was shot and killed inside the couple’s home, reacting shortly after her death.
Caleb Flynn, 39, is charged with first degree murder stemming from the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn.
A mother, a teacher and a volleyball coach were shot and killed in the family’s Tipp City home on Feb. 16. Caleb Flynn was arrested later this week after he called 911 to report that someone had broken into the family’s home.
Video released by Tipp City police shows officers arriving at the home believing they were responding to a broken-in burglary, with some footage fading out as it shows the interior of the home.
Ashley and Caleb Flynn in an undated photo with their two children. (GoFundMe)
The police then met Caleb Flynn at the house.
“Oh, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,” a sobbing Caleb Flynn said in the video.
“Are you there, have you left?” he asks. “What do I do with my daughters?”
Caleb Flynn continues to appear disoriented during the initial search of the home, crying loudly and breathing heavily as police try to communicate with him.
Sometimes he is heard calling his mother to inform her about the situation.
“Ashley is dead,” she cried again, “Mom, she’s gone. I don’t know what to do.”
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Bodycam video shows Caleb Flynn bending over to clean up after his wife died in their Tipp City, Ohio, home on Feb. 16, 2026. (Tipp Township Police Department)
Minutes later, body camera video captures Caleb Flynn leaving the home before tripping and falling to the ground.
After a while, he is seen crying in his yard as he is comforted by a woman who arrived at the scene, who was eventually said to be the children’s grandmother.
“Girls don’t know,” he adds, as the woman bursts into tears.
The couple shared two daughters, who were sleeping in the house at the time of the incident, according to the 911 call and body camera video.
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Caleb Flynn and a woman cry in body camera video recorded the day Ashley Flynn was killed. (Tipp Township Police Department)
In a 911 call obtained by Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn can be heard telling authorities that someone broke into his home and killed his wife.
“Oh my god, somebody broke into my house, somebody broke into my house and shot my wife,” said Caleb Flynn. “My wife was shot twice in the head, blood is everywhere. Oh my God! My God.”
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The dispatcher then asked if Ashley was breathing, to which she replied, “No, I don’t think so.”
“Ashley, Ashley, baby, baby please, oh my god, no one – no one!” he said.
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Caleb Flynn then added that he found the door “that leads to the garage door” “wide open” at the time of the shooting.
Additionally, the 911 caller told dispatchers that the children were sleeping in their bedrooms at home, according to News Center 7.
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“Someone broke into RP [reporting person’s] in the house, it is not known if they are still there. The garage door is open,” the dispatcher said. “It’s obvious that a woman was shot in the head. It’s not responding yet.”
Caleb Flynn was arraigned on Friday, February 20th. (Dayton Daily News)
“The team is on the way; they haven’t played yet. Are they ready to respond?” asked the dispatcher.
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“Yes, only one person,” answered the first responder.
Two small children were said to be sleeping in their rooms when the incident happened.
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“RP and the baby girl are locked in the room,” the dispatcher told police, according to the outlet. “Just a fix – the kids will be sleeping in their rooms right now.”
Three days later, Caleb Flynn was arrested in connection with his wife’s murder.
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He is charged with murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of tampering with evidence.
Prosecutors say “Caleb Flynn killed his wife [redacted] on the morning of February 16, 2026,” according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. He allegedly used a 9mm handgun to kill his wife and later staged a crime scene at the home, prompting responding police to “go astray,” the documents state.
Caleb Flynn is accused of shooting and killing his wife, Ashley Flynn, in their Ohio home while their daughters slept. (Ashley Flynn/Facebook)
He was later booked into the Miami County Jail and sentenced. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and his bond is set at $2 million.
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In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn’s attorney, L. Patrick Mulligan, said prosecutors rushed to charge his client with murder.
“Caleb Flynn entered a plea of ​​Not Guilty this morning and looks forward to defending this case. We are both disappointed and concerned by the short timeline and apparent rush to judgment in this case,” Mulligan said. “If the government runs out of leads or can’t develop a lead and looks at the surviving spouse in cases like this, the chances of wrongful convictions increase.”
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In 2013, Caleb Flynn was a contestant on “American Idol” and was filmed talking about his love for his wife and their relationship during the Hometown Interview segment.
“I absolutely love the Lord. I love my wife more than anything. She’s so beautiful, so beautiful. I love her,” said Caleb Flynn. “But, you know, I’m just a normal person who absolutely loves to sing more than anything in the world.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Flynn’s attorney for further comment.
Fox News Digital’s Tessa Hoyos and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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