Florida man sentenced to life for killing man over dog poop screams at widow: 'That's why I killed him!'
A South Florida man in court on Thursday during a hearing where he was sentenced to life in prison lashed out at the widow of the man he killed, a 2015 murder that resulted from a dispute over dog poop.
A South Florida man in court on Thursday during a hearing where he was sentenced to life in prison lashed out at the widow of the man he killed, a 2015 murder that resulted from a dispute over dog poop.
Omar Rodriguez, 75, yelled at Lissette Rey, who was married to Jose Rey, who Rodriguez fatally shot almost a decade ago in an argument over Rey’s dog defecating on Rodriguez’s son’s lawn.
“The coward was your husband,” Rodriguez shouted in court. “That’s why I killed him! … He cried like a baby.”
Rodriguez’s attorney, Bruce Lehr, confirmed the emotional outburst in court to NBC News during a phone interview on Friday.
Lehr said: “This started with a community ganging up and hating the defendant in this case. And the hatred on all sides boiled over into an unfortunate death.”
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