Florida man kills girlfriend, child after fight over watching football on TV

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A Florida man killed his live-in girlfriend and her son Sunday night after an argument over watching a football game on the television

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Tyrone Terell Johnson, 42, was arrested Sunday night and faces several charges -- including murder and aggravated child abuse -- in the death of his girlfriend and her 10-year-old son, neither of who were not identified. Johnson ended up in handcuffs after calling 911 just before 7 p.m. Sunday to report he was being attacked inside a Tampa apartment

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Johnson told Hillsborough County deputies that he and his girlfriend got into a verbal argument over changing the channel to watch a football game and the incident escalated, court documents stated. He then began packing his belongings in the master bedroom when his girlfriend allegedly walked in and began “verbally berating” him.

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“(She) allegedly was ‘tussling’ at (Johnson's) back. (He) claimed (she) pushed him off of his ‘knee roller’ and he sat down on the floor next to the bed,”

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The boy, who is not Johnson’s son, then accused the 42-year-old of hitting his mother

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Johnson allegedly pushed the child, grabbed his handgun and began firing at his live-in girlfriend while she was holding a PlayStation. He shot and killed the child, who had walked out, when the boy came back into the bedroom

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Johnson reportedly had been living with the woman and her son for about a year before the deadly incident.

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