Florida Man Shot Himself, Lied About Most cancers to Get ‘Sympathy’ from Girl He is Accused of Stalking: Sheriff

Now, authorities imagine Alexander Lefort, 30, staged the taking pictures — in addition to a declare about having most cancers — to achieve “sympathy” from a feminine coworker who has accused him of stalking.

The year-long saga is detailed in information from Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace, by way of each Legislation&Crime and ClickOrlando. Lefort was arrested April 9 and charged with offering false info to a legislation enforcement officer throughout an investigation, tampering with proof in a capital felony prison continuing and discharging a firearm in public, in line with inmate information.

The preliminary taking pictures incident reportedly went down again in March 2024, when officers from the Cocoa Police Division responded to pictures fired at an area FedEx, the place Lefort labored. When officers arrived on the scene, per the arrest affidavit, they discovered Lefort “mendacity on a sofa” with a gunshot wound to his stomach.

He initially, allegedly, informed police he was shot by a person in a balacava and hoodie whereas he was cleansing up a spilled soda in his automotive. He mentioned the person shot him as soon as and ran off, per court docket docs. Then, in line with police, the “inconsistent” and “conflicting particulars” began to pile up — together with whether or not he or the thriller man closed his automotive door after the taking pictures, and Lefort allegedly later claiming he “hit the highest of the gun” and probably induced it to go off, one thing he did not initially inform authorities.

Whereas a coworker of Lefort’s allegedly claimed he mentioned the person demanded cash earlier than firing, he insisted “no cash” was concerned within the taking pictures whereas talking with police. Authorities additionally questioned why he confirmed up two hours earlier than his shift the day of the taking pictures and parked in a automotive nook of the lot, whereas claiming surveillance footage “doesn’t present a second individual” within the lot in any respect.

One other witness, per the docs, speculated he parked the place he did so he may watch a feminine coworker. Lefort was arrested one month after the taking pictures incident and charged with stalking, after he was accused of leaving notes on a colleague’s automobile and sending undesirable textual content messages.

One of many messages, per ClickOrlando, learn, “I do know you are sleeping with him once more. He’s trash. You have been warned.” Legislation&Crime, in the meantime, detailed what occurred when detectives questioned Lefort in regards to the stalking accusations.

He allegedly denied inserting notes on her automobile, earlier than being confronted with video surveillance police mentioned “contradicts” his stance. Per police, he additionally allegedly denied contacting the coworker after the taking pictures — regardless of authorities later discovering a textual content despatched after she allegedly informed him to cease contacting her.

“Additionally, once I requested Alexander Lefort if he had ever been identified with most cancers, he acknowledged no, which contradicts statements that he had made to the sufferer, by way of textual content messages,” wrote authorities within the docs.

In March 2025, a yr later, a forensics report confirmed that the bullet casing discovered on the scene was a match for Lefort’s personal gun, which was discovered “deep” within the driver’s facet door compartment days after the taking pictures.

“On this case, based mostly on the proof and statements collected, I’ve possible trigger to imagine that Alexander Lefort deliberately discharged the aforementioned firearm into his stomach in an try [to] collect sympathy to [his coworker], whom had halted all communication with Mr. Lefort after she accused him [of] harassing her,” wrote a detective within the affidavit.

He is been launched on $4,000 bond.