COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Franklin County judge delivered stern words Tuesday to a man who, at 17 years old, shot and killed his friend outside the Ohio Statehouse in 2022 — the only murder ever recorded at the historic building.

“You don’t care if you kill, you don’t care if you go to prison,” Judge Julie Lynch said during sentencing. “You put a gun in someone’s hand and they are no longer a child. You are a threat.”

Travon Robinson , now 20, was sentenced to 14 to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification. He will receive credit for more than two years already served.

The shooting happened on May 29, 2022, when a group of teens was riding scooters around the Statehouse. Surveillance video captured the group, though it was difficult to see

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