The man accused in the murder trial of 13-year-old Prince Holland spoke to the media on Thursday after a jury found him not guilty on all five counts.

Investigators said Kentrevious Garard, 27, was the man who fired the shots during a drive-by that killed Holland.

Garard was smiling with his legal team as he walked out of the courtroom to be reunited with his family after the verdict was declared.

He said he didn’t know how to feel after sitting through the trial that lasted just over a week, but he was happy to be a free man.

“Lovely, I can’t even imagine the words right now,” Garard said.

In a rare move for a murder trial defendant, Garard opted to take the stand in his own defense on Tuesday.

He admitted to being friends with Marcel Johnson, his co-defendant and accused driver in

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