COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two suspects arrested in connection with an attempted robbery that turned fatal have been sentenced to multiple decades in prison.
According to court documents, Dreyton Johnson was sentenced last week to serve at least 23 years in prison with a potential maximum sentence of 28 ½ years. Johnson, along with co-defendant William Armstead, both teenagers at the time of the incident, were being tried as adults for the murder of 21-year-old Andrew Combs.
Combs died on Dec. 13, 2022, after being shot at a Hilltop Sunoco gas station at the intersection of West Broad Street and Harris Avenue.
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Columbus police reported that Combs was attempting to thwart a robbery at the gas station, where the suspects were holding up a victim at gunpoint. Combs punched one of the suspects in defense of the robbery victim, and the suspects pushed Combs outside, where he fell…