ORLANDO, Fla. – A letter Markeith Loyd recently wrote to News 6 could be used as evidence during his upcoming trial for the murder of an Orlando police officer, newly filed court records indicate.Loyd did not explicitly confess to shooting and killing Orlando Police Lt.
Debra Clayton in the six-page letter mailed to WKMG-TV from the Orange County Jail, where he is being held while awaiting trial.But Loyd never denied shooting the police officer and offered possible justifications for his actions in the letter, claiming he was “in fear for his life and ready to fight fire with fire” while being sought by authorities for his ex-girlfriend’s murder.“Never been a rabbit and always been a lion,” Loyd wrote.