Ross Johnson punches Devon Leary once in the face in the parking lot.
A mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter was arrested in the US on Sunday for allegedly killing a US airman with one punch during a bar fight in Florida. global news, Twenty-three-year-old Ross Johnson has been charged with murder, according to a statement from Panama City Beach police. Police identified Johnson as an amateur MMA fighter. According to the outlet, the Air Force personnel who died has been identified as Devon Leary, who was 31.
Police said the fight took place inside and outside the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Panama City Beach. He said that Larry was not a participant but may have known someone involved in the fight, according to the outlet.
global news Further quoting the police, Johnson punched Larry once in the face in the parking lot. The bar’s security team broke up the fight and even tried to administer CPR to the airman but could not save him.
Police stated that Larry’s cause of death was blunt force trauma.
“Witness statements and surveillance footage showed that Johnson struck Larry behind his left ear with a closed fist, knocking him to the ground,” police said in a statement.
He told that Johnson escaped from the spot through ride share service.
new york post Said Larry was stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City.
“Man, I hit that guy,” Johnson reportedly told a witness. Post quoting the police. “I put him out, and I think I killed him.”
An autopsy revealed that Larry had suffered a “3-inch skull fracture” and a bruise the size of a “softball” behind his ear, the outlet further stated.