{"id":1201,"date":"2026-05-20T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:05:01","slug":"volusia-man-gets-life-sentence-for-gunning-down-off-duty-cop-at-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"Volusia man gets life sentence for gunning down off-duty cop at gas station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>A brutal murder of an off-duty police officer at a Volusia County gas station last year landed a 25-year-old killer a life sentence this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1199\">Maxwell: Candidates who collect signatures to get on the ballot have my respect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Labrada Machado, 25, killed David Jewell, 45, an Edgewater Police Department officer, on Sept. 15 at a Circle K in Ormond-by-the-Sea. Labrada Machado worked at the station, but his motive for shooting Jewell 20 times while the older man waited to pay for food and drink was never clear.<\/p>\n<p>Labrada Machado pleaded no contest earlier Monday to first-degree murder as part of a deal that saw him avoid the death penalty, which prosecutors had been seeking.<\/p>\n<p>The officer\u2019s widow, Elizabeth Jewell, and his son both spoke at Labrada Machado\u2019s sentencing hearing. Jewell lauded her husband for spending his life helping others and condemned his killer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour life is meaningless, it will remain so until your final breath,\u201d she said to Labrada Machado. \u201cDavid Jewel will be remembered for a lifetime of purpose, dedication and love, and that you can never take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The killing was caught on the gas station\u2019s security cameras, according to Labrada Machado\u2019s arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shows Jewell walking into the Circle K just after 4 p.m., and Labrada Machado leaving the store a minute later. Labrada Machado retrieves what appears to be a black jacket from his car before going back into the gas station, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1197\">Memorial Day weekend: Things to do in Orlando<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jewell is seen standing with food and drink at the register counter and looks at the door as Labrada Machado walks back in. Labrada Machado then immediately shoots Jewell at point-blank range about eight to 10 times. After Jewell falls to the floor, Labrada Machado shoots him several more times before leaving the store again. No words were exchanged between the two, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the shooting, Jewell\u2019s father-in-law, who had been in a car outside the gas station during the incident, told police Jewell had just picked him up from the emergency room and had gone inside the Circle K to buy a Polar Pop drink for him, the affidavit shows.<\/p>\n<p>After being apprehended, Labrada Machado admitted to detectives that he had shot someone inside the store but didn\u2019t know their name, according to the affidavit. He\u00a0said he\u2019d seen Jewell in the store several times and believed he had an argument with him at some point in the past, although he couldn\u2019t provide any details about the argument.<\/p>\n<p>Labrada Machado did not indicate he knew the victim was a police officer or if he had ever seen him in uniform. He did say he\u2019d seen Jewell with a gun in the past and was afraid of him, the Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release following the killing.<\/p>\n<p>He told detectives he was having a bad day on his drive to work and thought about shooting Jewell earlier. When he arrived at work and saw Jewell, he used a handgun he recently purchased to shoot him multiple times at close range, according to the release.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The release said interviews with Labrada Machado\u2019s family members revealed he had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the past and had indicated he was hearing voices.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1195\">Mexican authorities block Royal Caribbean\u2019s new \u2018Perfect Day\u2019 project<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Volusia County man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for brutally gunning down an off-duty police officer at a Circle K gas station in Ormond-by-the-sea last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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