The State of Florida offered Kwantedious Ross the 25 year mandatory minimum in exchange for his guilty plea. Ross rejected the deal and took his case to trial, where a jury wasted no time finding him guilty.
The interrogation and confession of Kwantedious Lamont Ross is available now on Patreon. It will become publicly available in about one week.
From the transcript of Ross’s sentencing hearing:
MS . LATHAM: Judge, the State is asking that this Court sentence the the defendant to the only appropriate sentence, and that would be a life in this case. The facts certainly warrant that. The State asks you to recall just three pieces of evidence that was admitted at trial.
One would be the the body cam footage of the child. That was disturbing, in her statements, over and over again, that she can’t feel her body; “God, I hope I’m not paralyzed.” But more importantly, she laid out several aggravating factors in this case. And one the most important, would be that the defendant was lying in wait. This was an ambush; she did not see this coming. He concealed himself in the stairwell, concealed himself. He tried to kill somebody else, Trenten Carson. And when she was down and helpless, he came up to her and she described the crime that was basically execution-style attempted murder.
Another piece of evidence is the the interview with the defendant by the detective. I think his words and the tone, it was quite chilling, where he bragged about that he shot Emily and he literally emptied the magazine into her. And at that time, he had no remorse; he was actually proud of that fact. And when the officer asked if he if he wanted to make an apology, he chuckled, and said, “Like I should be the one that apologized. She provoked this. She provoked this.”
And even when the officer gave him another chance, “Don’t you wish we didn’t have guns, maybe this wouldn’t have happened,” the defendant said, “I was really mad. Something would have happened, even if I didn’t have a gun.” And in the end I know he says now he’s remorseful, but in the end, he said, “Part of me wishes I hadn’t done it, but part of me felt it was right; it was retaliation.” And one can only conclude from that interview that his motive was just one of pure evil intent in this case.
We’d also like to point out the testimony of Emily, and that statement that she was here just because she wants justice, and justice in this case would be life. We want to make it clear to the defendant this isn’t sad time for Emily. She’s not broken. He hasn’t taken her good soul away. She doesn’t want anybody to look at her and and say how heartbreaking, ’cause she’s a strong, courageous, beautiful girl. And he hasn’t taken that away from her.
But her life has changed, and every day she has to wake up and she has to remember that the actions of one evil person has changed her life forever. So we’re simply asking that you sentence the defendant in the same manner; that he wakes up and realizes my life has changed forever and I have a life sentence. And that’s what we’re asking for.
Ross testified that he had found god in jail.
Ross’s grandma testified that he is good kid.
The defense asked the judge to not sentence Ross to life in prison.
THE COURT: Mr. Ross, you’ve already spoken to me, sir, but before I pronounce sentence, I want to just make sure that there’s nothing else that you’d like to say?
THE DEFENDANT: No, Your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. As it relates to Count 1, I’ve already adjudicated you guilty. I’ll sentence you to life in prison with 348 days credit for time served. That’s subject to a 25-year minimum mandatory. Count 2 will run consecutive to Count 1, five years Department of Corrections, 348 days credit for time served. Count 3 will run concurrent with Counts 1 with Count 1 and Count 2, life in prison, 25-year minimum mandatory. 348 days time served.
The judge also addressed Ms. Nelson:
THE COURT: I want to just mention to you how impressed I was with your testimony, you know, how you acted that particular night. You know, grabbing that gun in front of Mr. Carson made a big difference in his particular life. I think that – Manny, excuse me. I think that the that your life is not limited in any way.
What I mean by that is, that if you can conduct yourself in that particular moment, in that particular way, if you can conduct yourself in this courtroom in the way that you conducted yourself, you can do anything you want. And that — and like I said, your life has no limits to it. So I’ll be very interested, ma’am, to see what you do with your life. I’m sure it’ll be excellent.
We’ll be in recess.
(The proceedings concluded at 3:58 p.m.)
On June 18, 2019, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed Ross’s multiple life sentences. He is not going anywhere.
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A woman was shot in the face and the policeman behaves as uninterested as if he were eating a hamburger.
Extremely professional process the cop went through while working with multiple witnesses, multiple stories, stomping through the crime scene and contaminating it, all while calming down the victim he asks direct specific questions that both distract her from the pain, like asking about her kids, what hurts the most right now (Soldiers ask this question, ie in Saving Private Ryan), as well as getting the relevant information required to catch the perpetrator.
The media would probably paint the black dude as "innocent" to push a biased narrative
I love how he has to keep telling people his cam is on so they dont say anything crazy.
Dude where is the police first aid kit ? She have been shoot several times !!!
I love when the officer in the apartment said; “Kwan-whatever the fuck!†😂
Him and whoever named him is a POS.
Wait so did she not have kids in the home? Did I miss where they made sure her kids were safe???
Kwan whatever the f*** his name is… lol.
Kwantedious? These names get worse and worse. I think now days they just smack a keyword with their eyes closed and whatever gets typed out is the baby's name. Or maybe they're dumping out alphabet soup into a bowl and stirring it around. 🤣
Anyone else frustrated by how the cop didn’t help medically at all even though she’s begging for help?? AND how slow the first responders acted, like walking, no rush, just a random life at stake????
That's an unfortunate name, I wonder if his mum didn't know what tedious meant. I mean, it's kinda cruel if she did, right?
Girl SHOT IN THE FACE! "Can you spell it for me?" Bro bro BRO!
Looked Emily up. Only thing I could find is that she did indeed wind up paralyzed, with uncertainty of how much she'd recover from it. 😢 They had to move due to the apt being 3rd floor. I hope she was able to fully recover and that the paralysis wasn't permanent.
Imagine being such a beautiful flower that a man would rather kill you than let someone else have you
Her beauty was a curse.
Very tedious of Kwantedious.
"Kwan whatever the fuck his name is." 😂😂
Brave strong young lady ðŸ™ðŸ•Šâ¤
Brooo you get the crazy fking story’s holy shit😶
Cop done a great job of calming the victim down. Not.
" wanted " and " tedious " in his name…nothing bizarre there
God bless her! I hope she's doing well these days. She was miraculously calm and brave. Thank God she survived ðŸ™ðŸ»
Dam that mother was super young too like 16:/
37:54…. Nosey much?…
I get you wouldn't want to over excite a severely wounded victim but sheesh, someone check the cops pulse. He sounds so dry. Haha, little surprised he didn't look for a leaking wound also, to make sure she's not bleeding out.
Does it bother anybody else that the responding officer doesn't look for gsw location to put pressure or a tourniquet if necessary?
"I think he tried to kill me!" "Uh, yes" lmfao
I always say "GET HER TO A FUCKING HOSPITAL" if there's a running vehicle. . Go!
Woman is laying there bleeding from being shot in the face and the cop is just questioning her casually like hes writing a speeding ticket…. hahaha
She is one hell of a mother. To know to get him away from her door and to lock it.
The neighbourhood looks familiar. Is it the same as in the video "Orlando Woman Lights Boyfriend's Clothes On Fire"?
I was GLUED to this video. I've never seen a first on scene. And she was breath taking. Excellent video. I'm SO GLAD you had the court transcript so I know what happened. Thank you. So glad she is ok
Kwantedious, lfmao