Attorneys for the Papa Johns employee accused of killing a man inside the West Price Hill restaurant called the shooting a “tragic accident” between two best friends.
Murphy Tilk, 21, faces charges of murder and reckless homicide after prosecutors say he shot and killed 23-year-old Nawaf Althawadi at the Papa Johns on West Eighth Street on Dec. 9.
One of Tilk’s attorneys, Darceny Winston, said Althawadi and Tilk had been best friends since they were young children. She said they both had attended Walnut Hills High School, were students at Cincinnati State and worked together at the Papa Johns…