The man who is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend in December and an Orlando police officer on Jan. 9, went on a profanity-laced rant during his first court appearance Thursday.
Markeith Loyd was appearing on the charges filed in connection with the death of Sade Dixon.
He has not been charged in the shooting death of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.
Loyd was somber at first, answering the judge’s questions with a simple “yes” or “no.”
When asked if he wanted a public defender or if he would be hiring a private attorney, Loyd said he would be representing himself at trial.
He then went on a rant for several minutes, saying he was defending himself when Dixon was shot and killed.
“Y’all just making (expletive) up,” he said. “You’re acting like I just went down there and shot this girl.”
“Her little brother got dropped off while me and her were just talking.”
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Loyd continued even after the judge warned him that everything he was saying was on the record.
The man arrested on accusations that he gave Loyd money to help him avoid capture, was giving the cash to his niece and daughter to provide for his family, Loyd said.
“That money was not for me,” he said. “I didn’t receive nothing from nobody. I was out there by myself.”
After more than a month on the run, Loyd was arrested Tuesday in an abandoned house in the 1100 block of Lescot Lane in Orlando.
His arrest came more than a week after he allegedly shot and killed Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton outside a Pine Hills-area Walmart.
Investigators say they found him wearing body armor and armed with two handguns.
When police went to arrest him, they said Loyd resisted and was injured.
In court, he said that wasn’t the case.
“And then, when they had me in the hospital, Channel 9 news was out there waiting for me to see what they did,” he said. “They done took my eye, they done broke my nose, broke my jaw, they did all that (expletive) and said I resisted.
“But I crawled out to the mother (expletive) road, so how did I resist? I didn’t resist (expletive). They just did that (expletive) and tried to hide it from the news people, but I’m here right now.”
The judge ordered him held without bond.
As he left the courtroom, Loyd spat a curse at her.
“Hey, (expletive) you,” he said.
After the hearing, Loyd's family members would not comment on the case as they left the courthouse.
Dixon's mother said she was shocked by what happened during the hearing.
"I could not believe what I saw in the courtroom," Stephanie Dixon-Daniels said. "It just shows his ignorance. But justice is going to prevail.
"I believe in the justice system and I'm excited for him to stand trial."
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