{"id":439352,"date":"2026-10-27T12:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/439352\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:44:08","slug":"deadly-downtown-orlando-halloween-mass-shooting-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/439352\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly downtown Orlando Halloween mass shooting sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/ea66719c-a4f1-407b-94ab-a6447133ac32\" aria-label=\"Bob Hazen profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793105048_314_ea66719c-a4f1-407b-94ab-a6447133ac32_1739565602.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Bob Hazen\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/rover\/profile_photos\/0ef9e7e2-0673-4d77-92c5-22a1e3663de5_1792691591.file?resize=100:*\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allison Petro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The man found guilty of killing two people during a shooting rampage in downtown Orlando in 2024 could learn his punishment Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Jaylen Edgar was 17 years old when police say he fired at random into the massive crowd on Orange Avenue during Halloween celebrations.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">In total, nine people were shot, two of them fatally, and another person was trampled in the chaos. The victims ranged in age from 19 to 39.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The two victims who died were identified as Timothy Schmidt Jr. and Tyrek Hill. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">A jury deliberated for less than three hours in August before finding Edgar guilty. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">WESH 2 spoke with Hill&#8217;s mother and Schmidt&#8217;s father after the verdict.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">&#8220;I am at peace. I believe I can sleep now. This is starting my healing process, and I can move forward. And I got my closure,&#8221; said Teresa Clinton, Hill&#8217;s mother.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">&#8220;It was like a cleanse after all this time,&#8221; said Tim Schmidt Jr.&#8217;s father, Tim Schmidt Sr.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">Typically, someone convicted of first-degree murder would face either life in prison or the death penalty, but because Edgar was under 18 years old, the judge must hold a sentencing hearing to decide his punishment.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">State law says life in prison is a possibility, but Edgar could also be sentenced to 40 years in prison for each murder charge. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">He is eligible for a sentence review after 25 years.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">At the hearing, prosecutors and Edgar\u2019s lawyer will argue what punishment the judge should impose. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"16\">Victims&#8217; loved ones will also be able to make victim impact statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The man found guilty of killing two people during a shooting rampage in downtown Orlando&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19762,56049,2785,1210,1961,139,141,140,2371,11878,171632,39323,66823,150805,152689,6411,918,164],"class_list":["post-439352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-father","tag-jaylen-edgar","tag-judge","tag-life","tag-mother","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-prison","tag-prosecutor","tag-punishment-tuesday","tag-sentence","tag-sentencing-hearing","tag-tim-schmidt-jr","tag-tyrek-hill","tag-victim","tag-wesh","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}