Officials: Man killed friend hours after being released from prison
(FOX 5 Atlanta)
ATLANTA - A 34-year-old Fulton County man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2017 nightclub shooting that happened hours after he was released from prison.
Officials say on Oct. 14, 2017, David Robinson finished serving an eight-year sentence for a robbery in 2007.
To celebrate his release, Robinson's childhood friend Jala Ross-Beyah, 29, took him out to the Peaches of Atlanta strip club on the 700 block of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard.
In the parking lot, officials say Robinson grabbed Ross-Beyah's handgun and fired multiple shots, hitting him in the neck and above his eye. Ross-Beyah died immediately.
After that shooting, officials say Robinson fired at another friend and was detained by security officers at the club. Police do not have a motive for the shooting.
Robinson, a repeat offender with six prior felony convictions for charges including terroristic threats and aggravated assault, was convicted of murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
A judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 15 years.
Investigators said the shooting followed some sort of dispute that turned violent in the car. Officers said security officers at the club detained the suspect as he exited the vehicle.
Robinson is being held without bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 30 at 9:30 a.m.