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Teens face life in prison after killing man selling his headphones in Sanford

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 1:42 AM · 1 min read
Teens face life in prison after killing man selling his headphones in Sanford — Windermere Community news

Two teenagers were convicted on Friday after they shot and killed a man who drove to Sanford to sell them a pair of used headphones, according to the State Attorney’s Office.In a release, SAO officials said the incident happened in July 2024, after the victim — Brandon Leo, 22, of Orlando — listed Beats wireless headphones on the OfferUp online marketplace. Leo thought he was meeting up to deliver the headphones, but when he arrived at what turned out to be a vacant Sanford home, the two teens tried to rob him at gunpoint, firing shots as Leo tried to reverse in his pickup truck and escape, investigators said.“The truck crashed into a nearby retention pond, where Leo was found dead from his wounds,” the release reads. “Sanford Police recovered seven shell casings and the headphones outside the vacant house.”Those two teens were later identified as William O. Smith, 19; and Dra’Shawn D. Williams, 17. According to officials, neighborhood security footage caught the shooting, and informat

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