By Charles Broward
A man who shot his wife and her brother, eventually killing him, during a brawl inside a Jacksonville home in 2009 was sentenced Friday to life in prison.
Benjamin Franklin Glover pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder as part of a deal that lessened his first-degree charge and removed the possibility of the death penalty. Glover, 35, also pleaded guilty to attempted murder, burglary and firearm charges.
Police said Glover met with his wife, Latoya Glover, at her mother’s home on Golfbrook Drive to give her some money. When she came to his vehicle, he drew a revolver and tried to force her in the car. Latoya escaped back into the house. Glover followed her into a room where Latoya’s brother, 19-year-old Julian Hall, had been sleeping.
A struggle for the gun ensued between the three, spilling into the kitchen where Latoya tried unsuccessfully to stab her husband, according to police.
Glover managed to raise the gun and fire twice, hitting his wife with both shots. As he fled, he shot Hall one time in the abdomen.
Latoya eventually recovered, but Hall’s condition worsened as he lingered in the hospital for nearly seven months until he died Jan. 31, 2010.
Glover was arrested in Levy County almost two weeks after the shooting.
Judge Mallory Cooper cited the sounds of horror heard in a 911 call made from the apartment after the shooting as she sentenced Glover on Friday.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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