On December 18, 2020, the body of 35-year-old Dario Jerome Robinson of Canton was found in the Canton Sportsplex parking lot; he had been fatally shot. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department and the Canton Police Department investigated and determined the encounter was a robbery that escalated to murder. Investigators say Robinson was robbed of his wallet and his car, and that Jaheen Harris shot him. The suspects then drove Robinson’s vehicle outside of Canton and attempted to set it on fire. Evidence cited in the case included Robinson’s car keys recovered at Tyjerious Sims’s residence and cell phone data placing the suspects at the scene. Both Harris and Sims confessed to involvement.

While incarcerated, Jaheen Harris allegedly assaulted a detention officer and was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. Harris pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and the assault charge and received life in prison for the murder plus an additional ten years consecutive for the assault. Tyjerious Sims pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faced up to forty years with no possibility of parole. Anyone who knew Dario Robinson or has information about the events that night is asked to come forward.