Businessman Lloyd Preston Brewer III, accused of murdering former high school football player Garrett Hughes outside a Key West liquor store in 2023, will be getting out of jail.

A Key West strip mall owner accused of shooting and killing a 21-year-old man urinating on the side of his building has had his murder charge upgraded following an indictment by a Monroe County grand jury.

The lawyer for Key West business owner Lloyd Preston Brewer III, accused of murdering former high school football player and mentor Garrett Hughes, sought hair samples from both Hughes and witnesses in the case, seeking to prove the existence of drugs in their systems and erode the witnesses’ credibility.

Newly-obtained footage shows detectives interrogating a Key West business owner after prosecutors said he fatally shot an unarmed 21-year-old man whom he had confronted for urinating on his building.

Newly-obtained surveillance video from the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office showed the morning they say a well-known Key West businessman fatally shot an unarmed 21-year-old whom he confronted for urinating on the side of his building.

The parents of Garrett Hughes allege Lloyd Preston Brewer III was a "known, habitual drunkard" prone to violence when he confronted the unarmed man for urinating on the side of his building, fatally shooting him.

In an unusual move Tuesday, defense attorneys for the Key West business owner accused of murdering a 21-year-old man the day prior agreed that the 57-year-old should remain in jail.

A Key West business owner was arrested after he shot and killed an unarmed man urinating on the side of his building early Monday morning, according to Monroe County’s top prosecutor.