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Florida man convicted of killing teen over Yeezy shoes lashes out at victim’s father in courtroom
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Florida man convicted of killing teen over Yeezy shoes lashes out at victim’s father in courtroom

A man from Florida Convicted of killing a teenage girl over Yeezy shoes more than four years ago, he lashed out at the victim’s family member in a courtroom before sentencing.

Adrian Cosby, 23, killed Andrea Camps-Lacayo, 18, in April 2020. During Cosby’s sentencing Friday, Camps-Lacayo’s father read a statement that the killer.

“You are the epitome of evil and darkness that this world represents,” Camps-Lacayo’s father, identified as Alexander Camps in an online obituary, he said according NBC Miami. “There’s only one place animals like you belong, and that’s in prison for the rest of your life.”

“What the hell are you talking about b—-,” Cosby said, according to him Miami-Herald. The newspaper added that Cosby jumped out of his chair and that it took about six officers to restrain him.

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Photos of the murderer Adrian Cosby

Adrian Cosby, 23, was found guilty of first-degree murder. (Miami-Dade County Corrections)

The incident occurred when Camps-Lacayo and her boyfriend were looking to sell three pairs of Adidas Yeezy shoes worth $935. NBC Miami reported, citing the police. Camps-Lacayo and her boyfriend, Sergio Berben, met 19-year-old George Walton outside an abandoned home in Homestead when Walton asked to try on one of the shoes designed and released by the previously known rapper right Kanye West.

Berben asked to see the payment first, at which point Cosby approached Berben’s driver’s door, where he started shooting hitting both Camps-Lacayo and Berben, according to NBC Miami. Camps-Lacayo later died at a nearby hospital.

Adrian Cosby detained in court

Adrian Cosby is due to be arraigned in a Miami-Dade courtroom on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, after being found guilty of murdering Andrea Camps-Lacayo, an 18-year-old student at the Terra Environmental Research Institute in West Kendall, Florida. . She was killed in 2020 in a botched robbery of expensive sneakers. Cosby jumped on Andrea’s father as he read a statement in court. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

A jury convicted Cosby of felony crime, attempted murder and attempted robbery. He received two life sentences and a concurrent 25-year sentence, the Post reported. A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge sentenced him to two life terms and a concurrent 25-year term, the Miami Herald reported.

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Miami-Dade County Courthouse located at 73 W. Flagler Street in Miami, Florida.

Miami-Dade County Courthouse located at 73 W. Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. (Google Maps)

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Walton was sentenced to life in prison earlier this year after being convicted of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and attempted robbery with a firearm.

Camps-Lacayo is survived by her father, mother, brother and sister, respectively online obituary. She was the captain of the high school dance team.