{"id":87350,"date":"2025-12-17T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87350\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:07","slug":"man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-leesburg-store-clerk-shooting-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87350\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found guilty of murder in Leesburg store clerk shooting case"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a Leesburg store clerk<\/a> during a robbery last year.<\/p>\n

Alex Lopez was arrested in the shooting death<\/a> of Raied Shihadeh, 51, who was killed May 29, 2024, at the Fast Stop Superette<\/a> on Picciola Road, east of U.S. Highway 441.<\/p>\n

Jurors unanimously found Lopez guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n

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Shihadeh\u2019s widow broke down several times on the stand Tuesday as she testified about talking to him on FaceTime when he was shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on a call, and all of a sudden he dropped the phone, and I heard him scream, no, no. I kept calling for him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Detectives and a DNA specialist also took the stand.<\/p>\n

While the state maintained Lopez shot the clerk as part of a robbery, the defense argued his wife did not see Lopez pull the trigger.<\/p>\n

Lopez was on the run for weeks before he was captured by police on June 26, 2024, near Kissimmee.<\/p>\n

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After Lopez\u2019s arrest, Leesburg police announced a couple months later that his mother and sister were arrested and accused<\/a> of hiding Lopez from law enforcement.<\/p>\n

His girlfriend, Kaili E. Dupuis,<\/a> turned herself in days after Lopez\u2019s mother and sister were arrested. She faced similar charges.<\/p>\n

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