A 31-year-old man in Florida will spend the remainder of his life behind bars for killing a 20-year-old, gunning him down in a local park to "teach the victim a lesson" after accusing him of stealing a package of socks.

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Lyann Goudie on Tuesday ordered Jerome Alexander Parker to serve life without parole in a state correctional facility for the 2024 slaying of Nasir Delaney-Rowland, authorities announced .

The sentence was handed down after a jury found Parker guilty on one count of second-degree murder with the use of a firearm.

According to a probable cause affidavit, officers with the Tampa Police Department at about 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2024, responded to a report of a shooting at Copeland Park, which is in the 11000 block of North 15th Street. Upon

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