A Kendall man accused of fatally taking pictures his neighbor throughout a dispute over canine poop again in 2015 has been discovered responsible.
Omar Rodriguez, now 74, was convicted by a jury Friday on second-degree homicide and aggravated assault costs within the June 2015 taking pictures of neighbor Jose Rey.
According to police, Rey was walking his canine home in his Kendall neighborhood when Rodriguez mentioned Rey’s canine was making an attempt to defecate in Rodriguez’s son’s yard.
Neighbors informed police that the 2 males started arguing loudly and Rodriguez informed police that Rey threatened to return and combat him.
At some level, police mentioned Rodriguez shot Rey, who died from his accidents greater than per week later.
After the taking pictures, Rodriguez requested immunity beneath Florida’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” legislation, however in 2021 a choose dominated he did not imagine Rodriguez acted in self-defense.
In the 2021 proceedings, Rodriguez claimed Rey was threatening his life with a knife, however prosecutors mentioned Rodriguez planted the knife on the scene and tried to jam it inside Rey’s hand.
Neighbors testified in 2021 and once more this week, describing Rodriguez as confrontational and the “loopy neighbor.”
“I heard somebody yell what seemed like proper earlier than the gunshots, a lady’s voice yelling ‘he is loopy, he is loopy’ after which pa-pa-pa, in order that’s why it sort of seemed like fireworks,” one neighbor testified.
Rodriguez will probably be sentenced at a later listening to.
