FL Man Convicted Of Fatally Shooting Man At Memorial Service: State

MANATEE COUNTY, FL — A man was convicted by a jury of charges related to the fatal shooting of another man attending a memorial service in Manatee County, according to a news release from State Attorney Ed Brodsky’s office.

Troy Davis, Sr. was convicted of second-degree murder, conspiracy to tamper with a witness and harassing a witness following a trial that took place Oct. 23-27 at the Manatee County Courthouse.

The crimes carry a maximum possible sentence of life in prison and minimum mandatory sentences of 25 years and life in prison as a prison releasee reoffender.

This means “the only available sentence for Davis is life” in prison, Brodsky’s office said.

His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 19.

Davis was at an April 11, 2020, celebration of life for a manslaughter victim, Emmanuel Roblero, when he locked his keys in his car. During his attempts to force the window open, several bottles fell from the car and broke.

Luis Roblero — the victim and a stranger to Davis — asked him “to be respectful,” the state attorney’s office said. The defendant then shot Roblero “without warning and stepped over his fallen body and shot him again.”

After his arrest, Davis and two co-defendants discussed how to prevent some of the witnesses from testifying against him or to get them to change their testimony. Those recorded conversations were presented to the jury during the trial.

“Thank you to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office and the brave witnesses who, despite the defendant’s attempts to prevent them, testified at trial,” Rebecca Freel, the lead prosecutor in the case and assistant state attorney, said. “Because of them, the jury was able to provide
justice and hopefully some peace to the victim’s mother who lost two of her sons to
homicidal violence in a matter of two weeks.”