Justice for Dad of 3 Shot Dead at Son's College Family Weekend
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 23 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
What was supposed to be a fun-filled weekend with his son, turned tragedic as a New York father is killed at his hotel. Paul Kutz, 53, died after a man opens fire in the hotel lobby, firing as many as thirty shots.
Two men with reported gang ties were arrested for the shooting, Roy Johnson Jr. and Devin Taylor. Johnson was the shooter and was ultimatelly sentenced with the maximum life sentence, 58-years-to-life in state prison.
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| 0:00.0 | A dad heads to Marist College to visit his son when out of the blue a crazed gunman appears |
| 0:23.4 | and shoots the dad down dead. |
| 0:27.4 | I'm Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories. |
| 0:29.4 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Sirius XM 111. |
| 0:34.8 | The very latest, the crazed gunman who shoots a long Island dad dead while visiting his |
| 0:40.6 | son at upscale Marist College gets the maximum life sentence. |
| 0:47.5 | Roy Johnson, just 35 years old, gets 58 to life in the state penitentiary following his |
| 0:54.9 | murder conviction in the October shooting of a devoted dad Paul cuts at a courtyard |
| 1:03.0 | by Marriott Hotel in Pekipsi. |
| 1:05.9 | What led to the stiff sentence? |
| 1:09.0 | This is what we know. |
| 1:10.0 | Roy Johnson, 35, was sentenced to 58 years in state prison following his murder conviction. |
| 1:16.3 | The Duchess County District Attorney recommended that, quote, do to the egregious facts of |
| 1:21.0 | this case, as well as the immeasurable loss and trauma inflicted on the victims, the |
| 1:26.2 | office of the district attorney recommended the maximum penalty allowable by law. |
| 1:31.5 | And the judge sentenced the defendant according to that recommendation. |
| 1:35.9 | Johnson was found guilty of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. |
| 1:41.3 | He was handed the max sentence on each charge with the time to run consecutively. |
| 1:48.6 | The hotel is just under five miles from the college campus. |
| 1:52.9 | Police say the parent had been staying at the Marriott during Marist's family weekend, |
| 1:57.4 | a yearly event with football games and performances. |
| 2:01.2 | Marist students in disbelief. |
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