A convicted Florida murderer was found guilty on Wednesday after he had killed a cop who tried to arrest him for murdering his pregnant girlfriend.
The guilty verdict for Markeith Loyd, 46, was reached following a five-hour deliberation.
Loyd had shot and killed Orlando Police Lieutenant Debra Clayton outside of a Walmart on January 2017 as she attempted to arrest him for murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon, 24, who he had killed weeks earlier.
He was found guilty of Dixon's murder in October 2019.
However, Loyd denied murdering Clayton but has now been found guilty of her murder as well as the attempted murder of another police officer at the scene and for carjacking when he tried to escape.
Jurors will decide on Saturday if Loyd will face the death penalty or not.
Convicted Florida murderer, 46, was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering an Orlando police officer in January 2017 who attempted to arrest him for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend
Orlando Police Lieutenant Debra Clayton was shot three times in the thigh, hips and abdomen as well as a fatal shot to the neck by Loyd in a Walmart parking lot
Prior to the verdict, the court heard testimony from witnesses and the medical examiner during Loyd's second-murder trial on Wednesday.
The questions asked by the jury seemed keen on settling the debate over whether Loyd or Clayton had made the first shot on the night she was killed.
Loyd's defense attorney Terence Lenamon had claimed that Clayton had shot first that night and that his client had only shot back in self-defense.
Prosecutor Ryan Williams, however, debated the opposite as he claimed that Clayton had never fired at all, despite video evidence showing she appeared to have her arm out to open fire.
'If you can see her arm extended in that video, more power to you,' Williams said.
'I would submit to you it’s entirely unclear based upon the video quality that we have.'
Loyd tearfully rejected Williams' claims on Tuesday after he continued to put blame on him for Clayton's death.
Williams had said that Loyd would have killed any member of law enforcement that attempted to arrest him for his girlfriend's murder as he likely did not want to go back to jail.
