COLUMBUS, OHIO — A Franklin County judge delivered a scathing rebuke to a 20-year-old man who fatally shot a teen he met on social media, calling him “a threat to the community” and “completely without remorse” during sentencing this week.
Travon Robinson, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification in the 2022 killing of 17-year-old Broderick “BJ” Harper, who was riding electric scooters with Robinson and others near the Ohio Statehouse when he was gunned down.
Scooter Ride Turns Deadly
Surveillance video showed four young people riding scooters around downtown Columbus on May 29, 2022, before stopping just outside the Statehouse. Moments later, Harper fell backward after being shot in the chest.
Witnesses told investigators that Robinson had allegedly tried to rob Harper during the encounter. Two others fled the scene, while Robinson sped off on a scooter, according to police reports and court records…