A felon is headed back to prison — and will be there for the rest of his life — after prosecutors said he shot his childhood friend to death the day after he was released from custody.
David Robinson, 34, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole plus an additional 15 years in the death of Jala Ross-Beyah, according to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard.
Robinson served eight years in prison on an armed robbery charge, Howard said. He was released Oct. 14, 2017.
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Ross-Beyah, 29, planned an outing at the Peaches of Atlanta strip club on David Abernathy Boulevard to celebrate Robinson’s release, Howard said.
When the two men pulled into the parking lot of the club about 1:40 a.m., Robinson grabbed Ross-Beyah’s handgun and started firing “for no apparent reason,” Howard said.
Ross-Beyah was shot once in the neck and once above the eye. He died immediately.
Howard said Robinson shot at another friend, but that person was able to run away and was not hit.
Security personnel at Peaches chased Robinson, and he fired at them, Howard said. He tried to scale a fence to run away, but the fence collapsed and landed on top of him. He was detained and then transferred into the custody of Atlanta police, Howard said.
Howard said Robinson has six felony convictions.
Between 2005 and 2006, he was convicted of aggravated assault and terroristic threats. In 2009, he was convicted of armed robbery, for which he served the eight years. While in prison, he was convicted in 2013 on charges related to having contraband items.
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