A Florida man who believed his kid’s mom had given him a sexually transmitted illness entered the House Depot retailer the place she labored and shot her at his mom’s encouragement.
Keith Agee was discovered responsible of first-degree premeditated homicide in reference to the dying of Brooklyn Sims, with whom he shared a 2-year-old daughter, in keeping with WEAR-TV.
Agee, 21, was sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole after being discovered responsible of getting into a House Depot in Pensacola, Florida, on August 11, armed with a handgun and firing seven pictures at 18-year-old Brooklyn on suspicion that she gave him a sexually transmitted illness.
The convicted killer testified Tuesday that though he killed Brooklyn, the killing was not premeditated.
Agee instructed jurors he felt “offended, betrayed and harm” after receiving a cellphone name from the physician’s workplace saying he had examined optimistic for a sexually transmitted illness, the Pensacola Information Journal reported.
Agee’s mom, Sheila Agee, pressured him to do one thing about it, calling him a “mf b—–” in a textual content message if he didn’t act, authorities stated.
Agee instructed the jury he then went to the house enchancment retailer the place Brooklyn labored to get “revenge.”
“I stated, ‘Hey, you gave me one thing,'” Agee defined of the dialog he had with Sims earlier than killing her within the buying aisle, in keeping with WKRG-TV. “Not once more,” she stated, turning round and continuing to stroll away from me. “I’ve by no means been so offended in my life.”
“I pulled my firearm from my waistband and proceeded to shoot Brooklyn,” he admitted to the jury.
Agee’s mom, Sheila, has additionally been charged with first-degree intentional murder for her function within the teen’s killing.
Authorities accused the 50-year-old grandmother, who labored with Brooklyn on the similar House Depot retailer, of encouraging her son to shoot the teenager.
“…For those who do not come and kill her, you are an evil person—-,” Sheila allegedly texted her son on the day of the homicide, the Messenger beforehand reported.
Sheila will seem in courtroom in February.
After Agee’s responsible verdict was introduced, prosecutors introduced proof that Brooklyn didn’t have an STD on the time of her dying.
“I do not hate Mr. Agee,” Brooklyn’s mom instructed the courtroom. “However I can not forgive him but. I am elevating his daughter.” That day Casey misplaced her mom, father, and grandmother.
