If you grab that gun, I'm going to plug you full of holes. >> Hold on. Don't Don't reach for it. Don't reach for it. >> Don't Don't >> On February 13th, 2023, a night out after the Super Bowl suddenly turns deadly. 21-year-old Garrett Hughes is outside a local bar when property owner Lloyd Brewer confronts him over urinating near the building. What happens next is captured on surveillance video, and Brewer's version of the shooting would later become a major point of dispute in the case. >> Hey! >> Grab your Grab your medic bag. I've already got that going. Go ahead and roll rescue. I'll let you know in the uh victim stuff. Who's the person that had the gun? All right. Hey. All right. Get Get away from the gun right now. Go. I want you get Get Get to that wall. Get against the wall. Listen to what I'm telling you. Get against the goddamn wall. I don't care. Get against the wall. Where'd you get In the abdomen? Okay. It's going to be a abdominal on him right now. In the abdomen? All right. He is conscious. Let's work on him. Hold on a second. I'm dealing with someone that just got You keep your hands right where they're at. If you grab that gun, I'm going to plug you full of holes. I told you right now. I told you right now to get against the wall. Listen to what I'm saying right now. We're trying to save this guy's life, okay? Get against the wall. Officers arrive and immediately separate everyone involved, but their priority is 21-year-old Garrett Hughes, who is lying on the ground with a gun wound to the abdomen. Prosecutors later said Hughes was shirtless, unarmed, and facing away when Brewer confronted him. What started over something as minor as urinating on a wall had now turned deadly. >> 896 >> Love up. >> 0805 >> He's got pressure on the wound right now. It's right on the abdomen. That's the subject. That's the other half of it all. I've got the gun right here. >> I'm right here. >> Garrett, look at me. Garrett, look at me. >> Garrett, just relax. >> I got it. I got it. I got it. >> That's the Hey. Hey. That's the person that >> Okay. >> Sit down real quick for me. Just so we can get everything figured out, okay? You're okay. Just relax and just We got to get everything figured out. Has anybody patted him down for weapons or anything? >> I have right here in >> Just double-checking. All right. Hold on. Don't Don't reach for it. Don't reach for it. >> Don't. >> Why do you >> Don't. I'm giving it to you. >> Don't do that. >> We understand that, but that's We just said not to do it like six times. Okay? Don't Don't even Don't stop. Stop. We're going to put you in handcuffs. >> I have nothing else. >> Okay. >> Okay. Stand >> Just stop. >> Stand up for me. >> Stand up. >> Put your hands against this wall for me. Good. >> Once officers get the scene under control, they secure Brewer, read him his Miranda rights, and begin working through the witnesses. One witness gives deputies a clearer account of what happened before the shooting, helping investigators understand the confrontation and what they need to look into next. >> It wasn't really an argument. It was just talking. You know what I >> Okay. Who was talking Who was Who was talking? Those are the two. Okay. Back and forth with each other. Okay. So, they were talking and back and forth with each other, and then what happened? >> And And then he start He He came up approached him with his gun. >> Who was that? Which Who did? >> Him. >> Okay. And then what happened? >> And then he came up, hit him with the with his gun. >> Which hand was it he had it in? >> I think his right hand. >> His right hand, okay. So, he Did he hit it with the butt of the gun, the front of the gun, the side of the gun? >> The side of the >> a like a kind of like a a slap across? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Where did he hit him at? Where did he hit him at? Where did he hit him at? >> Where did he hit him? >> Yes. >> I don't I don't know. >> No, no, you said he hit him with the gun first, like him or hit him or punched him. Okay, so where did he hit him at with the person, side of head? >> Yep, side of head. >> After he hit him, did anybody say anything? >> Trevor! >> Did uh >> Trevor! >> I don't I don't >> You just can't recall if they did or not, okay. >> I'm sorry. >> And then after the hit, you can't recall if anyone did anything, and then what happened? Then did he What what happened after that? >> So, after that, after he the gun >> Okay, so the gun went off. Did you see >> Carson pushed him back. >> Did you see the gun Did you see him pull the trigger and pull the trigger at him, or you just heard the gun? >> I think he went to his abdomen >> Went to his abdomen, okay. You think Did you see it? >> I I couldn't really see it. >> That's Okay, that's fine. I I just need to know cuz there's some things we see, some things we hear. >> Because it was like wrestling, like >> So, they were fighting. So, they got into a after the gun got They got into a fist fight. >> Yeah, and then the gun went off. >> Right. And then the gun went off, okay. Okay. And then he goes down to the ground. He's standing over here, obviously, and put the gun onto the Jeep, and then we showed up on scene. You're already You're in the this as far as uh >> The light saber is on him. >> Okay. All right. That's fine, okay. >> Brewer is then taken into custody and placed in the back of a patrol car while investigators continue gathering information. Officers already know Brewer called 911 and reported that he had shot someone, claiming he acted in self-defense. Now, they need to determine whether the evidence supports that explanation. >> See this here? >> Go ahead. >> Yeah. >> What's your name? >> Got it. >> Tell me what happened. >> Um start if you can just start the I guess the night that you were at Kong Town that night. >> Correct. >> Okay. So, go ahead and let me know. Tell me Tell me what you got. >> I was there for um the Super Bowl. >> Okay. >> Uh I was with um my niece and her boyfriend. >> Okay. >> They left. I am now single, so I hung out for a little bit longer. Um to see if maybe a potential serious might show up. >> Okay. >> Nothing happened. I was ready to go home. Um I noticed there was a lot of activity going to and from the back door. >> Okay. >> As we have discussed in the past, right? >> Yes. So, I went out back to just see what was going on. As you know, I am armed. It's your my business. My property. >> All right. >> I went out back and there was [clears throat] not one This was not a drug dealer, I don't think. Just [clears throat] a guy. And he had buddies with him and there were There were cars, but he was in between two cars. There were car There were people on either side and then I guess they were all together. I don't know. They hadn't come from inside the bar. I don't know where they came from. And he's pissing in the parking lot. >> Okay. >> And on the building. And I said "Man, can't you just go in the in I'll be honest. Can't you just go in the bar piss in the toilet? >> During questioning, Brewer maintains that he acted in self-defense and later tried to invoke Florida's stand your ground law. He says he only approached Hughes to tell him to stop urinating, but claims Hughes became verbally aggressive, moved toward him, and appeared to reach for a weapon. Brewer maintains he feared for his life and fired purely in self-defense, but investigators had surveillance footage that would challenge that account. >> And we exchanged words. And as it progressed, he became more agitated and approached me. And I said, [clears throat] "Look, I own this. Stop." He continued to approach. I said, "I'm armed." It appeared as though he was reaching for something. The first round went off this way. The second went off up in the air. To the best of my recollection, he was already on top of me. It would happen that fast. >> Okay. >> There's no doubt I fired a weapon. >> Okay. >> Cuz I They wouldn't let me wash my hands. >> All right. >> Yeah, they wouldn't do that. I don't know. It it it it it happened. >> All right. >> I immediately, once he was down, did not continue to assault him, set my firearm on the hood of the car, >> Okay. >> awaiting the arrival of the police. I did not render aid because other people showed up to render aid. >> Okay. >> And I know he's got a lot of witnesses that are going to say a lot of different things. That's what happened from my perspective. >> Okay. >> But I can tell you he was on me so fast that my second went in the air. >> Okay. >> It was that fast. He was on my property. I stood my ground. I feared for my life. Period. >> Okay. >> Lloyd Preston Brewer III was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of 21-year-old Garrett Hughes. He was also convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a concealed firearm violation. And in February 2026, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. So, what do you think? Based on what happened before the shooting and the surveillance evidence, was Brewer's claim of self-defense justified? For more real body cam and police case breakdowns, subscribe to Code 3 Cam and stay tuned for the next case.