Details emerge after man gunned down with assault rifle near Bruce B. Downs
Terrance Barnett Robinson Jr., 34 was originally facing a charge of acting as an accessory to the murder of 24-year-old Kyle John Prisco, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Prisco was found shot on Regents Park Drive, off the 19000 block of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, shortly before 3 p.m. June 17.
Deputies previously said that Robinson was present when Forest Isaiah Jackson, 25, shot Prisco. The two men fled together after the shooting, according to the sheriff's office.
'Following an extensive and ongoing investigation, new evidence confirmed Robinson's involvement leading up to the shooting,' the sheriff's office said in a news release Friday. 'As a result, he is now facing a murder charge for his role in the incident that led to the victim's death.'
Robinson was arrested on the accessory charge in Ohio on July 3. Records show he was booked into a Hillsborough County jail July 23 and was released four days later after posting $100,000 bail.
On Thursday, he was arrested in Marion County on the murder charge and a charge of robbery, and he is awaiting transfer to Hillsborough County, according to the sheriff's office.
The sheriff's office did not provide further information, but a previous arrest warrant for Robinson sheds more light on what investigators say happened.
Shortly before 3 p.m. June 17, the sheriff's office received multiple 911 calls reporting a person shot in the road near Regents Park Drive and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. When deputies arrived, they found a disabled white Mercedes Benz CLA parked on the north side of Regents Park Drive facing west in the southbound turn lane. Prisco was found dead with 'apparent gunshot wounds to his upper body and head,' the warrant states.
Through interviews and surveillance footage, investigators determined that a black Chevrolet Camaro had pulled into the Chase Bank at 19001 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. at about 2:43 p.m. About a minute later, Prisco arrived in the Mercedes and parked just east of the Camaro, leaving at least one parking spot between the vehicles, the warrant states.
Robinson approached the bank 'from the direction of where the Camaro is parked' and withdrew $400 in cash from an ATM inside the vestibule. He then entered the passenger side of the Camaro.
The Mercedes is then seen pulling away from the bank and heading east through the parking lot, followed by the Camaro. Numerous witness statements and cellphone video provided to law enforcement determined that the Mercedes exited the plaza and proceeded west on Regents Park Drive with the Camaro following.
When both vehicles stopped at a red light in the southbound turn lane of Regents Park Drive, Jackson exited the driver's side of the Camaro with an 'assault rifle style firearm,' the warrant states. He then approached the Mercedes and forced Prisco out at gunpoint before shooting him multiple times.
Prisco ran eastbound and fell to the ground near the intersection. Video recorded by a witness shows Jackson approaching Prisco and shooting him again at point-blank range before running back to the Camaro, the warrant states.
Jackson is seen 'getting a cardboard box with unknown contents from near the Mercedes before getting in the passenger side of the Camaro and fleeing eastbound down Regents Park Drive,' the warrant states. Witnesses told investigators that Robinson was behind the wheel of the Camaro.
A search of the Mercedes revealed two cellphones belonging to Prisco and about 2.15 pounds of 'a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana.' Prisco was known to sell marijuana and was in the process of opening a shop in California, according to the warrant. A witness told investigators that Prisco was known to place the marijuana into cardboard boxes if the quantity was over 2 pounds.
Jackson was later found in Jamaica, deported to the United States and taken into custody on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm. He has pleaded not guilty.
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