Posted on 03/11/2026 5:28:38 PM PDT by xxqqzz
KEY WEST, Fla. — A former Key West businessman is now set to spend the rest of his life as a state prison inmate.
A judge sentenced 60-year-old Lloyd Preston Brewer III to life without parole on Thursday, a little more than a month after he was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Garrett Hughes, 21, on Feb. 13, 2023. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
Investigators said Brewer, then 57, gunned down an unarmed Hughes after he left Conch Town Liquor & Lounge, located at 3340 N. Roosevelt Blvd., after confronting the former Key West High School football star for urinating on the side of the building.
Brewer owned the small shopping center where the bar is located. He claimed self-defense, but a Monroe County jury didn’t buy it, convicting him on Jan. 21.
“I stood my ground,” Brewer had told Key West Police Department detectives in interrogation footage obtained by Local 10 News. “I feared for my life.”
In a statement on Thursday, Monroe County Chief Assistant State Attorney Joseph Mansfield said the shooting “was not self-defense, it was a deliberate decision to reengage and escalate the confrontation with deadly force.”
Brewer, he said, “initially walked away, but instead of continuing to disengage, he turned around and chose to confront the victim again. He closed the distance, drew his weapon, and fired.”
“The jury saw exactly what happened and rejected his claims,” Mansfield said. “Garrett Hughes’ family and friends were present at every hearing, every motion, and every stage of this case, forced to relive that night, time and time again. No sentence will ever bring him back, and they will forever carry the weight of this needless and senseless act.”
Officials said Brewer has the right to appeal his conviction.
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Yeah, shooting someone for public urination is a bit much.
Not a good hill to make your stand in, to mix metaphors.
Can he still run his business from his cell?
To ALL: Let’s get this Freepathon over with!
I may be thinking about a different one, but I believe this was caught on security cam.
He murdered a dude in Fla. for 1st degree urination and then claimed stand your ground. What? Was the guy trying to pee on his pant leg???
Agreed.
He claims after he got into an argument about the guy peeing in his parking lot the young man jumped at him.
He could see that the dead guy had something in his hand.
He must have been pissed off.
“But…., he was holding his gun in his hand!”
Never take a p**is to a gun fight?
If he was an illegal immigrant, he would get Aggravated Manslaughter, and release in ten years.
Stay calm.
NEVER talk to the Police.
Ask for an attorney - instantly.
This is my rifle, this is my gun!
This is for fighting, this is for fun!
He maybe was offered to plead guilty to 2nd Degree Murder. Seems like it could have been Manslaughter. Problem is the deceased didn’t have a weapon and the accused wasn’t injured.
He probably made a mistake in talking to the police and maybe in pleading not guilty.
Sometimes you just have to go.
The pisser should have broke into Skynyrd’s Gimme Three Steps .
Oh, won’t you
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister
Gimme three steps towards the door?
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister
And you’ll never see me no more
For, sure
“He probably made a mistake in talking to the police and maybe in pleading not guilty.”
His own surveillance video sank him.
Saw the police body cam video. This guy was a complete lying douche. Enjoy the big house.
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