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Georgia man who killed Miami Beach tourist in 2021 apologizes to victim's family at sentencing hearing

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Georgia man who killed Miami Beach tourist in 2021 apologizes to victim's family at sentencing hearing — Key Biscayne Community news

A Georgia man who killed a tourist in South Beach five years ago apologized to the victim's family in court Tuesday, taking the stand during his sentencing hearing to express remorse and blame his actions on an "irresponsible" decision to take psychedelic mushrooms.Tamarius Davis pleaded guilty in May to second-degree murder for the August 2021 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield, a Colorado man visiting Miami Beach with his wife and 1-year-old son."I know that I will carry the psychological agony, pain, regret and shame with me for the rest of my life," Davis testified Tuesday. "I also know there are no words I can address to the Wakefield family that will ever begin to truly express how deeply sorry I am."Prosecutors said Davis was visiting from Georgia on Aug. 24, 2021, when he took a large amount of psychedelic mushrooms and began shooting at random people in South Beach. He approached Wakefield and fatally shot him while Wakefield was with his family.Davis' family plead

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