Man sentenced to 50 years in deadly Orlando road rage shooting on Colonial Drive

ORLANDO, Fla. – The man arrested in the 2024 shooting death of 30-year-old David Alexzander Sligh has been given a 50-year sentence, according to the Ninth Judicial Circuit.

Nicholas Carrasquillo, now 27, was sentenced Thursday to 50 years for second-degree murder and 15 years for shooting at an occupied vehicle, a spokesperson for the Ninth Judicial Circuit said in a statement. The sentences will be served concurrently, i.e. 50 years in total, the statement reads.

According to Sligh’s family, he was heading to his first day at a new full-time job on Jan. 22, 2024, when Carrasquillo shot him in the 4800 block of East Colonial Drive. Sligh was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead…

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