Three Ohio teenagers accused of brutally beating a father to death in a grocery store parking lot while laughing about it were charged with murder Wednesday, two days after the death of the 'man.
The altercation occurred Dec. 6 outside a Kroger supermarket in Columbus and left the man with a traumatic head injury.
“On the night of Dec. 6, Jamarion Fredrae Evans-Bennett, 19, Dionta Davon Hughes, 18, and a 17-year-old male allegedly got into a fight with shoppers inside the Kroger on South High Street. OK with the Columbus Police Department“, when store security told the teenagers to leave, they waited outside for Donald “Donnie” Smith, Jr., 53, to come out of the store and attacked him.” Law and crime reported
“The defendants, who were allegedly seen 'laughing and enjoying themselves' as they stomped, kicked and fatally punched Smith outside the store around 7pm, fled the scene when an armed witness confronted them,” police said. taken noted
(Video credit: NBC4 Columbus)
“When the victim was on the ground, the suspects continued to punch, kick and stomp on the victim. The victim was unconscious and bleeding from the head area,” stated a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime. “A witness with a firearm yelled at the suspects to stop the assault. The suspects then fled through the parking lot. This witness stated that the suspects were laughing and enjoying themselves while assaulting the victim.”
Smith was found by a store worker, brutally beaten near the pharmacy. He was unconscious and bleeding from the head.
The tragic murder is being investigated by the police as a crime of assault. At the time it took place, Smith was left in critical condition. He has since succumbed to his injuries, leaving behind his longtime partner and mother to his 6-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son, as well as another child. A GoFundMe The campaign has been set up under the name of Nicole Evans to cover the costs. The site explains that the father was “so seriously injured that he had to undergo brain surgery.”
“Despite the efforts of doctors to save his life, Donnie did not make it. He had no insurance, leaving the cost of funeral services to Nicole. He also left behind his two young children, just a week before Christmas,” states the GoFundMe post.
Evans was interviewed by a local ABC affiliate WSYXtelling them she is “devastated” and “sick [her] stomach” for Smith's brutal death.
3 teenagers beat a 53-year-old father of 3 to death.
A witness describes them as “laughing and having fun” as they beat, kicked and fatally beat him. They kept beating him even after he fell.
They were stopped by an armed Good Samaritan, but he was also… pic.twitter.com/ZrCJfICBO2
— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) December 22, 2023
“It's just disgusting, and I can't believe you would take another person's life,” Evans said. “It was a random act of violence.”
He went on to tell the outlet that Smith was a “great father” who loved his children, family and friends. According to their obituary, they also “loved racing cars, softball and sports.”
“I don't know how you can take someone else's life so senselessly,” he commented.
Smith was the father of two sons and a daughter, and the grandfather of a granddaughter. He died on December 18 just a week before Christmas further traumatizing the family.
“Franklin County court records reviewed by Law&Crime show Evans-Bennett and Hughes were arrested Wednesday and had arraignments scheduled for Thursday morning. The third suspect, a juvenile, was arrested the same day his co-defendants. It is unclear at this time whether the 17-year-old is being charged as an adult,” Law&Crime wrote.
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