Dramatic moment a murder victim’s father lunges at his son’s killer’s supporters in court after a member of the gunman’s family said ‘at least he’s still alive’

• Frank Daly III, 30, was shot dead during an altercation with Marquis Valentine
• Father-of-two was killed outside Kwik Stop in Lake Worth, Florida, July 31, 2016
• Valentine was caught a month later and was convicted of murder Thursday 
• Judge ordered crying Valentine supporter out of courtroom before sentencing 
• Murderer’s family member was reportedly heard saying: ‘At least he’s still alive’ 
• Victim’s dad tried to jump over bench to get to the killer’s insensitive supporter
• Daly’s family apologized to judge before they heard killer got life without parole

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The father of a man killed outside a Florida convenience store in 2016 had to be held back in court Thursday after a relative of the murderer’s relative was heard making a vulgar comment after his guilty conviction.

Frank Daly III, 30, was shot dead during an altercation with Marquis Valentine outside the Kwik Stop on 6th Avenue in Lake Worth three years ago.

After hearing Valentine’s first-degree murder conviction, someone thought to be his family member was reportedly heard saying: ‘At least he’s still alive.’

Sous chef Frank Daly III, 30, was shot dead during an altercation with Marquis Valentine

Victim’s dad, Frank Daly Sr, tried to jump over bench to get to the killer’s insensitive supporter 

Daly family supporters had to hold the distraught father back as he reacted to a comment

CBS 12 reports it was that comment that triggered the slain man’s parent, Frank Daly Sr, to lunge in the direction of the killer’s supporters.

Other relatives of the victim were also visibly upset by the reaction from Valentine’s side but some opted to restrain Daly Sr as a heavy guard presence kept the situation under control.

Nobody was hurt. All the while, Valentine sat calmly in the Palm Beach County court.

Daly Sr, grandfather to the father-of-two’s children, continued to speak when he was brought down from a bench he tried to climb over to access the back row.

Killer: Valentine was caught a month after the murder, at 27 years old. Police found tens of thousands of dollars from drugs sales at his home. He had been released from prison in 2015 after being convicted of grand theft of a motor and cocaine possession 

Tears streamed from the eyes of Daly’s loved ones. One of them responded the comment from Valentine’s side was ‘disrespectful’.

CBS 12 reports that before the insensitive comment from Valentine’s supporter, a judge had asked a distraught family member of the killer to leave the court room due to her loud crying.

After she was ordered out, the person made the comment about Valentine getting away with his life despite being sentenced to the remainder of his time alive behind bars.

Prosecutor Terri Skiles had to explain what led to the outburst to Judge Weiss as the Daly family asked Skiles to apologize on their behalf.

The judge then revealed what they already knew, Valentine would get life in prison without parole, the mandatory sentence for a first-degree murder conviction in the state.

Valentine heard his fate as he approached the door to be led to a cell.

Daly – who was a sous chef at Cabo Flats – was on his way home to his fiancée and child on July 31, 2016 when he was fatally shot in the chest.

Murderer’s family member was reportedly heard saying: ‘At least he’s still alive’ after another person supporting Valentine was told to leave courtroom for loud crying

Valentine was convicted of murder Thursday and sentenced to life in prison without parole

Other relatives of the victim were also visibly upset in the Palm County court as the trial closed

Surveillance footage showed Daly put his hands in the air as a surrender and attempted to get into his blue Carolla after a verbal exchange with Valentine. But he was shot in the chest and died later.

‘They were talking all these things. A guy came in behind them and they said something to him. I can’t hear them because of the glass. Then I look at the camera and I see he went to get his gun and then I saw the guy come outside and shoot him,’ store clerk El Sadig Elgak said at the time.

The day after the incident, Daly’s father cried as he said ‘words shouldn’t be the cause to take someone’s life’.

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Surveillance footage showed Daly put his hands in the air as a surrender and attempted to get into his blue Carolla after a verbal exchange with Valentine

‘I don’t know where I’m going to go from here. It is a tough. The gun violence has to stop,’ Daly Sr told CBS 12 after flying in with a dozen loved ones from New Jersey. ‘This is tragic and they can’t find him. He just runs away. This is grossly unfair and unjustified and you will get caught.’

At the time Tracie Daily appealed for money on a GoFundMe page that raised $5,760 of a $10,000 goal, calling the incident a ‘random senseless act of violence’.

Valentine was captured a month later.  

A 27-year-old at the time, police found tens of thousands of dollars from drugs sales at his home. 

He had been released from prison in 2015 after being convicted of grand theft of a motor and cocaine possession 

The day after the incident, Daly’s father cried as he said ‘words shouldn’t be the cause to take someone’s life’

Father-of-two was killed outside Kwik Stop in Lake Worth, Florida July 31, 2016.  A dozen loved ones flew in from New Jersey after the killing

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