Overview
- Eduardo Labrada Machado, 25, pleaded no contest Monday in Volusia County and received life in prison without parole for the murder of Officer David Jewell.
- Investigators say surveillance video from Sept. 15, 2025 shows Machado leave the Ormond-by-the-Sea store, retrieve a jacket, return, and shoot Jewell multiple times at close range.
- Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood called the attack a targeted assassination and said the clerk fired 24 shots in less than two minutes.
- Prosecutors had prepared to seek the death penalty if a jury convicted Machado, a risk he waived by entering the plea.
- Jewell’s family has a $20 million wrongful-death suit pending against Circle K that alleges negligent hiring and retention after warnings about Machado.