Nearly four years after a man was shot and killed inside a Coral Gables Publix during an argument in a checkout line, the gunman responsible has been sentenced to two decades behind bars.
Osmel Lugo-Gutierrez, 56, was sentenced to 20 years in prison with credit for time served in the Feb. 5, 2022 shooting of 50-year-old Franklyn Jose Pineyro.
A jury had found Lugo-Gutierrez guilty of manslaughter last year, denying his claim that he shot in self-defense.
According to an arrest report, Pineyro had been standing in the customer service area of the Publix at 106 Ponce De Leon Boulevard and was purchasing lottery tickets when Lugo-Gutierrez approached him from behind as a “notable line was forming.”…