A Florida man, Sylvester Grice-Jordan, is accused of executing a cold-blooded murder after shooting Yasmany Rodriguez Fernandez during a dispute over a dog at the victim’s Miami Gardens home, then taunting him with a countdown before firing more rounds into the wounded man on the porch.
Incident Background
Grice-Jordan, 32, had recently been evicted from the home where he lived with his ex-girlfriend, Fernandez’s stepdaughter, after family conflicts; they asked him to retrieve his dog, which triggered the fatal confrontation on December 18, 2025. Both men were armed but initially holstered during an initial argument inside, per the police affidavit, before Grice-Jordan shot Fernandez once outside, prompting the victim to yell for help and call 911 while the wife, stepdaughter, and 8-month-old baby sheltered inside unharmed.
The Shooting Sequence
Surveillance footage allegedly shows Grice-Jordan questioning why Fernandez had a gun, demanding his car keys, then pointing a rifle at the already-downed and bleeding victim while starting a deliberate countdown from five to one—escalating the execution-style killing. He then fired multiple additional shots into Fernandez, who suffered several gunshot wounds and died at the scene, as captured in the probable cause affidavit reviewed by local outlets.
Arrest and Charges
Officers arrived around 7 p.m. to find Grice-Jordan still holding the rifle on the 3300 block of NW 177th Terrace; he complied with drop commands and was immediately arrested without resistance. He faces second-degree murder and felony murder with a weapon enhancement in Miami-Dade County, held without bond at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center ahead of a Monday hearing, reflecting Florida’s strict no-bond policy for capital offenses involving firearms.
Legal Context in Florida
Second-degree murder charges here typically stem from intentional acts without premeditation, carrying 25 years to life, aggravated further by the rifle use under Florida’s 10-20-Life statute mandating minimum 25-year sentences for discharging a firearm in a felony murder. The countdown taunt strengthens prosecutors’ case for depravity or intent, potentially elevating to first-degree if premeditation is argued, with video evidence making conviction likely barring strong self-defense claims—which affidavits indicate were absent as Fernandez had set his gun down.
