James Deangelo Peoples, a 22-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on December 8, 2016, at the Chevron gas station at 1909 W. Atlantic Ave in Delray Beach, Florida. He was shot at point-blank range as he tried to enter the station. The shooter, 25-year-old Delinord Dumercy, turned himself in soon after and admitted to the shooting. The motive reported was a personal conflict: Peoples was dating a woman who was carrying Dumercy’s unborn child.

The case went to trial after an initial October 2019 jury deadlocked, producing a mistrial. In December 2019 a jury convicted Dumercy of second-degree murder; he had claimed self-defense, saying he thought Peoples was reaching for a weapon, but surveillance footage from the gas station was presented and the jury rejected that claim. In February 2020 Circuit Judge Kirk Volker sentenced Dumercy to 45 years in prison. Peoples’ family, including his mother Monica Peoples and stepmother Michelle Senior, spoke during sentencing about the loss and their continued care for the child born to Peoples’ girlfriend.

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