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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa man is on trial for a 2023 murder case involving a threesome that went violently wrong, prosecutors said.
According to authorities, Dewayne Gallishaw and his boyfriend at the time invited a man over to their apartment on March Harbor Place for a sexual encounter on April 19, 2023.
The State Attorney’s Office for the 13th Judicial Circuit said that while the two other men were together, Gallishaw went into a bedroom, grabbed a gun, and pointed it at his boyfriend before shooting the other man in the head.
Gallishaw’s boyfriend then ran and locked himself in the bedroom to call 911.
Dewayne Gallishaw on trial for murder in Tampa (State Attorney’s Office for the 13th Judicial District)
Prosecutors said the defendant fired several times through the closed door, with the bullets going through to another apartment and injuring a 73-year-old woman.
If convicted, Gallishaw could face a life sentence in prison.
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