The mother of a 4-year-old struck and killed by an SUV, and the mother of its driver wept in a Franklin County courtroom Monday as the judge handed down the sentence in the killing.
Judge Andy Miller ordered Tyrell Shute, 25, of Mansfield, to serve up to 19 1/2 years in prison in the death of Yonis Kabiro Said. Shute pleaded guilty in May to involuntary manslaughter, felony fleeing and receiving stolen property.
Shute will be eligible for early release after serving 14 years of his sentence. His mother cried as Miller rendered his decision.
Yonis’ mother, Luley Ramadan Musa, wailed and wept as prosecutors played body camera footage of Columbus police officers carrying the boy to a cruiser and racing him to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. At one point, she threw her cellphone toward the front of the courtroom as she stood up to leave and compose herself.
On July 22, 2023, Shute drove a 2015 Kia Soul previously reported stolen into a grassy area with a playground at the Greenwood Village Apartments, formerly Southpark Apartments .