Men found guilty of killing man outside Milwaukee's Hyatt Hotel sentenced

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Two of the four men guilty of killing a man outside a Hyatt Hotel last summer have been sentenced. D'vontaye Mitchell died June 30 of last year. Four men entered guilty pleas, and a judge is set to sentence them all on Wednesday, Sept. 3. 

"Apologize to the Mitchell family for all this confusion and all of us being there," said Brandon Turner, a security guard found guilty in Mitchell's death. "This could’ve been easily avoided; I never intended for none of this to happen." 

While Brandon Turner was a security guard at the downtown Hyatt, he was not on the clock the Sunday that Mitchell ran into a women's bathroom, then out to the lobby, as staff attempted to get him to leave the hotel. 

CBS 58 watched surveillance video where Turner repeatedly hit Mitchell and eventually three others, Devin Johnson-Carson who was a desk attendant, Herbert Williamson who was a bellhop, and Todd Erickson who was the security guard on duty, pinned Mitchell to the ground face down, holding onto him by his neck and back.

The medical examiner's report indicated Mitchell died due to asphyxiation from being held on his stomach for an extended period of time.

The defense noted that Mitchell had methamphetamine and cocaine in his system, though they agree that this death was avoidable.

They emphasized turner called 911 for help a few minutes in.

Williamson, for his misdemeanor battery, was sentenced to 10 days which he already served. 

Johnson-Carson, the youngest man involved, who was found guilty of misdemeanor battery was ordered four days in prison which he already served.  He was the only one to have been expunged, as the judge said had "an impressive amount" of character letters written in his favor.

The gallery was full of family members and friends, who said Mitchell suffered from mental illness and needed help, and a "devoted family man" who was the light in any room.

"My husband was a wonderful person. To sit here and know there was no consequence for this person's actions, is disheartening and is disgusting. I want this person to suffer like me and my family have had to do over this last year," said Deasia Harmon, Mitchell's wife. 

Erickson is expected to go through court Wednesday afternoon for his sentencing, and the state has argued he was the one giving orders to the other three men. 

This is a developing story and will be updated. 



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