Todd Erickson, Herbert Williamson, Brandon Turner, Devin Johnson-Carson
MILWAUKEE – Three of the four men accused in the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell at the Hyatt Regency hotel are currently in custody.
Todd Erickson, 60, and Brandon Turner, 25, appeared in court Thursday. Devin Johnson-Carson, 23, turned himself in this morning, while 53-year-old Herbert Williamson has not yet turned himself in.
All four men are accused in this case of having jointly committed intentional or presumed intentional killing.
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Erickson was booked into jail on Wednesday morning, August 7. His attorney and an assistant district attorney appeared in court that afternoon, but his court date was rescheduled for Thursday.
The Milwaukee County Coroner’s Office also reported that cocaine and methamphetamine were in Mitchell’s system at the time of his death.
Hyatt Regency Hotel Surveillance Video Related to Death of D’Vontaye Mitchell
The video shows the defendants turning Mitchell from his side onto his stomach and forcibly holding him down.
According to court documents, Mitchell begged outside the hotel and later ran inside. When he was asked to leave, he ran to the women’s restroom and tried to lock himself in.
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After a struggle, all four defendants turned Mitchell onto his stomach and one called 911.
When police arrived, Mitchell was no longer breathing and had died at the scene of the accident.
Court records show that Erickson told investigators that neither he nor the hotel’s other security guards were licensed or certified, but that Hyatt had offered them training in CPR.
One person was involved in the incident for hitting Mitchell on the legs with a broom, but no charges were filed against him.
