Tonight Krisroy Lloyd was sentenced to life in prison for Second Degree Murder. He was sentenced as a Habitual Felony Offender (HFO). He was also sentenced to 30 years in prison
for one count of Shooting into a Vehicle as an HFO which doubled the maximum prison sentence for this charge, which is normally 15 years. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for Aggravated Assault as an HFO, which is also double the maximum sentence for this charge.
Assistant State Attorney Hamid Hunter of the State Attorney’s Office Homicide Unit prosecuted the case. In October Lloyd was found guilty as charged following a trial in Lee County.
The crimes involved a road rage incident that occurred on September 14, 2017 in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The defendant and the victim were both southbound on Leonard Blvd. South in Lee County, when the defendant stopped his car in the roadway. The victim honked his horn at Lloyd, the defendant. Lloyd then exited his vehicle and confronted the victim.
The victim reached for a firearm within his vehicle. The defendant withdrew and returned to his vehicle. As the shot into the back window, striking the victim in the back of head. The victim who was 20 years old, died later at the hospital.
A Lee County Sheriff’s Office Investigation resulted in the arrest of Lloyd.
Samantha Syoen – Communications Director, State Attorney’s Office