Man receives 25-year sentence for Fort Myers murder

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Thunda Nathaniel Strawder (CREDIT: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for 25 years for the murder of a man in 2020.

Thunda Nathaniel Strawder was adjudicated guilty.

The shooting occurred in the area of Michigan Avenue on Feb. 16, 2020.

Fort Myers police received a shot-spotter alert for the shooting and found a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died.

Authorities found an iPhone in a bright orange case in a grassy area nearby.

The phone was identified in the back pocket of Strawder’s on surveillance video from earlier in the day while was outside of a nearby convenience store.

In the video, Strawder is seen running toward a car and jumping in. Minutes later the car was on Michigan Avenue where the victim was shot.

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