Judge sentences Orlando pastor to life for killing his estranged wife outside credit union

An Orange County jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder almost four years after he fatally shot his estranged wife outside of the Orlando credit where she worked.

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Police said Sylvester Ofori, 39, was accused of shooting Barbara Tommey, 27, on Sept. 8, 2020, outside of the Navy Federal Credit Union on Gardens Park Boulevard near the Mall at Millenia.

Tommey was leaving the building to go to her car when her husband, a pastor of Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries, shot her, killing her.

Police said the shooting was captured on security footage, and numerous employees and customers witnessed the incident.

Read: ‘A heinous act of violence’: Pastor charged with murder, accused of killing wife outside credit union where she worked

The State Attorney’s Office said the video showed Tommey knocking on the front door of the credit union, and Ofori pistol-whipping her and shooting her multiple times.

Tommey was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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