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Jermaine Scott, of Stamford, who was found guilty of murder during the summer, was sentenced to 55 years in prison on Tuesday, Nov. 12, said Stamford/Norwalk State’s Attorney Paul J. Ferencek.
Scott was accused of shooting Johnny Lezeau on July 20, 2017, outside the Sono Mini Market on Ely Avenue in Norwalk in Fairfield County.
Scott and his girlfriend Alysia Dantzler were driving to a wedding in New Rochelle, New York, when they saw Lezeau and a group of men who were related to someone who'd threatened Dantzler and called her and Scott's then-10-month-old child a derogatory name, the prosecutor said.
Scott asked Dantzler to drive them back home so he could pick up something. That turned out to be a black hooded sweatshirt and gun he hid in a duffle bag, the prosecutor said. She said she didn't know what he was planning to do or that he had the pistol.
He told Antzler to drive back to the Sono Mini Market. When they arrived, Scott got into a confrontation with the group and then opened fire five to seven times, the prosecutor said. One of those bullets tore through Lezeau's chest and lodged in his arm.
He died from his wound later that day at Norwalk Hospital, the prosecutor continued. No one else was hurt in the shooting.
Security camera video captured Antzler's car in the area at the time of the shooting, but she and Scott denied being involved, authorities said. However, months later, Antzler approached prosecutors and agreed to testify against Scott under a cooperation agreement.
Other witnesses include two of the men who were with Lezeau Scott reportedly shot him. Police also matched two bullets pulled from the outside walls of homes near the shooting that matched the one taken from Lezeau's arm, the prosecutor said.
Police never retrieved the gun used in the shooting, however.
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