A Central Florida man was sentenced for shooting his “uncle” who objected to his gun around kids. A Seminole County jury convicted 25-year-old Joel T. Ferrer of manslaughter for killing 41-year-old David N. Jackson, who had taken in Ferrer at a Fern Park apartment he shared with Ferrer’s aunt and their four kids.
At a hearing, Circuit Judge Michael Rudisill sentenced Joel Ferrer who shot his “uncle” to death after they argued over his keeping a gun around children was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation.
At the Central Florida trial, prosecutors Stewart Stone and Rich Coln presented witnesses who said Ferrer got mad in July 2023 when Jackson found him handling his semi-automatic handgun and told him he didn’t want it in his home. When the older man went out to the breezeway to smoke a cigar, Ferrer followed him, and words were exchanged…