Dontarious Sylvester was a 25 years old victim who was shot dead by Tyrone Gray Jr. at Tuttle Shopping Mall after the two had a verbal argument. Learn more about the horrific shooting crime.
One person was reported dead on Sunday afternoon at around 3:03 pm in Sole Stop Shoe Store after a shooting incident happened in broad daylight. Tyrone Gray Jr. was involved in a heated confrontation with Dontarious Sylvester and after some verbal exchange, he shot the man multiple times and tried to flee the scene. He was arrested shortly after by the Columbus Police who reported to the crime scene and caught him in the parking lot. The argument was said to be brief and the actual time of the shooting was 2:41 pm.
Who Is Dontarious Sylvester From Tuttle Mall Shooting?
Dontarious Sylvester was the victim of the Sunday afternoon Tuttle Mall Shooting incident. He was fatally shot multiple times by Tyrone Gray Jr. with whom he had a brief altercation and verbal dispute.
Tyrone Gray Jr., who is 24 years of age is actually from Mansfield. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for shooting Dontarious multiple times inside Sole Stop Shoe Center of Tuttle Shopping Mall. As per the police report, he was trying to flee the crime scene when they arrested him in the parking lot of the mall.
According to Sergeant Joe Albert of the Columbus Police(the depart that was first called and that first responded to the crime report on Sunday), Gray reportedly fired gunshots from his firearm at the shoe store. His anger led to the demise of a very young man, whose only mistake was to engage Tyrone inside that mall. Columbus crime report states that this very mall shooting incident is at least the fifth gunshot incident near a major mall in the central Ohio region. There were previous tragic events that includes two shots fired in March 2021 at intervals of just two weeks, in March 2021 and August 2021. The horrific crime of open gun firing is increasing at a fast pace in the US and the evident factor of gun licensing has been provoked multiple times.
Tyrone Gray Jr Arrested For Tuttle Mall Shooting
Tyrone Gray Jr fired at Dontarious at around 2:41 pm inside the Tuttle Mall. This happened moments after the two men shared some words and expressed disdain over some matter. It was reported that video surveillance shows Dontarious hitting Gray with his wallet. After that, multiple shots were fired in the sole stop shoe store on the second floor of the Tuttle mall. Columbus police reported quickly to the crime scene and pronounced the victim Dontarious Sylvester, 25, dead at around 3:03 pm.
Tyrone Gray Jr Indicted Of Shooting Crime- What Are His Charges?
In a shopping mall video capture, Tyrone Gray Jr and Dontarious can be seen having some dispute and verbal argument after which the victim reportedly struck Gray with a wallet. Tyrone immediately reached out for his gun and fired multiple times at Dontarious and left the scene.
Following his arrest on Sunday, when cross-examined by a detective at police headquarters, Gray admitted to police that he had shot Sylvester and “argued that he did so for self-defense”. According to court records, police said there were at least 15 people in the store at the time of the shooting. Tyrone Gray’s crime charges are yet to be decided but he has been jailed for first degree murder case right now.