'I saw a blur pass across the screen': Wife saw her store clerk husband's final moments on FaceTime in fatal robbery that netted less than $100

A assemblage successful Florida connected Wednesday convicted a 26-year-old antheral for the execution and robbery of a store clerk who was connected the telephone with his horrified woman erstwhile helium was changeable to death.

Alex Lopez was recovered blameworthy of first-degree murder, equipped robbery and different charges successful the slaying of 51-year-old Raied "Ray" Shihadeh successful Leesburg, which is immoderate 40 miles northwest of Orlando. Judge Brian Welke sentenced Lopez to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole.

The proceedings included affectional grounds from Shihadeh's wife, who was connected a FaceTime telephone with her hubby astatine the clip of his execution connected May 30, 2024, astatine the M & M Food Mart. According to a courtroom study from section Fox affiliate WOFL, Monique Shihadeh heard her hubby accidental "no, no" followed by a gunshot.

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"I kept asking him, 'What is happening? What's going on?' He ne'er responded. He ne'er said anything," she reportedly testified. "All of a sudden, I saw a blur walk crossed the surface and I screamed."

That blur was seemingly Lopez stepping implicit her hubby to sprout him again arsenic helium laic connected the floor. Lopez grabbed little than $100 from the currency registry and a vape earlier fleeing.

A lawsuit came successful aboriginal and heard Monique Shihadeh screaming connected the telephone and saw the unfortunate connected the ground. The lawsuit called 911.

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Cops rushed to the country wherever they recovered Raied Shihadeh suffering from gunshot wounds to his abdomen and head. He was airlifted to a infirmary wherever doctors pronounced him dead.

Detectives released photos to the media of the fishy and they received respective tips, including from his cousin, that identified Lopez arsenic the suspect. He spent respective weeks connected the tally but was arrested astatine a edifice successful Kissimmee.

Shihadeh was a begetter of five.

"Less than a 100 dollars is what this ruthless, wanna beryllium thug valued implicit the victim's life," State Attorney Bill Gladson said successful a statement. "While this verdict, nor immoderate magnitude of money, can't bring the unfortunate back, we anticipation his household finds comfortableness successful knowing this slayer won't locomotion escaped again."