Orlando man gets life in prison for murder after dispute ends in deadly shooting
An Orlando man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder for the 2021 fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man.
Judge Vincent S. Chiu sentenced Mykenry Francois, 28, after the conclusion of the three-day trial Wednesday.
On July 14, 2021, Bryan Felix was a passenger in a vehicle at the intersection of Americana and San Antonio boulevards, according to a news release from the State Attorney’s Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Francois was in a separate vehicle behind Felix.
Surveillance footage captured Francois as he exited his car, ran into the road and fired several shots into Felix’s vehicle, hitting him multiple times, according to the news release.
Francois fled the scene to a nearby apartment complex while the driver in Felix’s car pulled over to a nearby gas station, the news release stated. First responders took Felix to a hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Four days after the shooting, Orange County deputies responded to an unrelated domestic violence call in Francois’ home at 2000 Cabo San Lucas Drive, according to the news release. Deputies found a gun inside the residence and matched it to the shell casings from the shooting.
Francois initially denied knowing Felix, but investigators discovered the two were embroiled in a feud. Francois blamed Felix for breaking his arm with a bat and shooting his brother two days before Felix’s death.
