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       ~ Tyrone Johnson, (FL) ~
       By: BuzzC Date: November 17, 2021, 8:41 pm
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       Death penalty recommended for man who killed girlfriend and her
       young son over what to watch on TV--
       Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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       TAMPA, Fla. - A Hillsborough County jury and judge have decided
       the man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her 10-year-old
       son, after a fight over what to watch on TV, should die for his
       actions. Johnson wanted to watch football while Ms. Willis
       didn't.
       Tyrone Johnson was convicted of first and second-degree murder
       for shooting Stephanie Willis and her young son, Ricky to death
       in October 2018.
       On the day of the killings, 42-year-old Tyrone Terell Johnson
       called 911 claiming he was being attacked by Willis. Deputies
       responded to 4302 Mariners Cove Court in Tampa before 7 p.m. and
       found the victims inside the apartment where the three lived.
       Johnson's trial lasted just more than a week. The jury was shown
       dramatic video of Johnson's interrogation after being arrested.
       They were also shown images of the scene, where Ricky and his
       mother's bodies were found next to each other on the floor.
       After he was convicted, the jury heard what life has been like
       for the victims' families since that day.
       "The feeling of grief we feel is never-ending, every minute of
       every day," said Ricky’s Aunt Denise.
       "We will never see him grow up, never see who he would have
       become," offered his grandmother.
       Johnson's defense argued their client should get life – not
       death –  for the murders, pointing to distress from his son’s
       suicide in 2017, along with PTSD from his time in the military.
       "He went through some mental anguish in the Army," said
       Johnson’s father.
       "He did not come out of the Army the same person?" asked Kane.
       "Oh no," came the reply.
       However, the jury made unanimous decisions that Johnson was
       guilty of Stephanie and Ricky's murders and that he should die
       for his crimes.
       Ricky’s grandparents, Amber and Robert Hewitt said they felt
       this was justice for Stephanie and Ricky. They were both pleased
       with the verdict – and surprised. His grandmother says her
       entire life, she’s always been against the death penalty until
       the issue hit home.
       "Until you’re faced with having to determine when you’re put in
       the situation, it changes your mind, and it did for me," Amber
       Hewitt said.
       There are currently 21 people from Hillsborough County on
       Florida's death row, making Johnson the 22nd, according to state
       records.
       Using statistics from the Department Of Corrections from 1976
       until present – the average time an inmate in Florida spends on
       death row is a little more than 16 years.
       The last person sentenced to death in Hillsborough County was
       Granville Ritchie, whose sentence for the r*p* and murder of
       nine-year-old Felecia Williams in 2014 was handed down in 2020.
       8)
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