Lamar Antonio Bryant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after a second-degree murder conviction in the killing of his wife, Takeshia Renee Eads. She was fatally shot at her Orlando home on March 25, 2025. The charge at his arrest was first-degree murder.
WKMG reported Thursday that Bryant, identified in its account as Lamar Bryant Sr., received life without parole for Eads' murder in an Orange County case.
A Shooting in the 5200 Block
Eads was fatally shot in the 5200 block of West Livingston Street, ClickOrlando reported the next day. Deputies described her as the victim of a domestic shooting. WKMG reported that she was 42.
Bryant was 41 when he was arrested on the first-degree murder charge. That was the case as ClickOrlando recorded it in March 2025. The conviction WKMG reported Thursday, more than a year and a half later, was for second-degree murder.
Children at Home, and a Divorce Filing
Two children were in the house. An arrest-warrant affidavit, as reported by FOX 35 Orlando, said Eads was at her home on West Livingston Street with two children when she was killed. Court documents cited by the station said Bryant was accused of killing her after she filed for divorce.
She was a mother of four, so the two children at home were not the whole of her family. ClickOrlando reported at the time that she was soon to become a grandmother of five. WKMG's sentencing story described her as a grandmother of five.
Praise Dance and Outreach
Church leaders told ClickOrlando that Eads had taken part in praise dance, community outreach and other roles at United Hands Ministry for nearly a decade. That account of her work at the church came in the days after she was killed.
A Warning, and Orange County's Numbers
In reporting on the killing, WFTV said Eads' family warned other victims of abuse to seek help. The station cited a national statistic that one in three women and one in four men experience domestic violence in their lifetimes.
Harbor House of Central Florida's CEO told the station that the organization helps about 5,000 Orange County residents experiencing abuse each year.
