A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a Leesburg store clerk during a robbery last year.

Testimony began Tuesday in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a Leesburg store clerk during a robbery last year. Alex Lopez was arrested in the shooting death of Raied Shihadeh, 51, who was killed May 29, 2024.

The wife of a Leesburg store clerk who was shot and killed during a robbery set up a fundraiser to help find the gunman.

Leesburg police identified the man accused of shooting and killing a store clerk last week.

Police say a Leesburg store clerk was shot and killed during a robbery.