Jurors recommend death penalty in police killing case

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After deliberating for five hours over two days, jurors have recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of killing an Orlando police lieutenant four years ago. The 12-member jury in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday agreed with prosecutors that Markeith Loyd should face capital punishment for the 2017 shooting death of Lt. Debra Clayton. She was killed as she tried to arrest him outside a Walmart store for the  fatal shooting of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Loyd has already been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and her unborn child. The jury in that case recommended that he be sentenced to life in prison.