Tyler TK Richardson, 24, was shot and killed inside a residence on Southwest Fort King Street in Ocala, Florida, on November 19, 2019. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds and died after being taken to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital.

Authorities arrested his cousin, Alton Leandrew Wilkerson, in late November 2019 after witnesses placed a man matching his description leaving the scene. Wilkerson was located a few miles away at a convenience store, where he reportedly made incriminating statements to police and reported the shooting himself. He was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm and grand theft of a motor vehicle.

At trial prosecutors played a 911 call in which Richardson pleaded for help and alleged he had been shot. Witnesses testified they saw Wilkerson with a gun and heard shots; one witness, Glorious Carter, described threatening gestures by Wilkerson and freezing when the shots rang out. The defense argued the conduct fit manslaughter and noted Wilkerson’s cooperation and remorse. After nearly three hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Wilkerson of second-degree murder and acquitted him of the car-theft charge.