Eric Boyston was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for three murders
According to court documents Eric Boyston would get into an argument over the phone and demanded that his girlfriend drive him over to the person’s residence. When the girlfriend would refuse Eric attempted to shoot her. The girlfriend would attempt to runaway and Boyston would chase her down shooting her again leaving her paralyzed
Eric Boyston would then drive over to a family members home where he would murder his grandmother, Mary Boyston, his uncle, Alex Boyston, and family friend, Timothy Wright
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On the evening of February 1, 2004, Boyston was staying with his cousin, Shante.2 Boyston was unemployed and living alternately with Shante and his grandmother, Mary Boyston. He argued that night with Shante and another cousin, Tonisha, about his living situation and was “very mad” that he had to live with his grandmother. The next morning, Boyston’s girlfriend, Alexandria Kelley, dropped him off at Mary’s apartment. Boyston saw Tonisha there and told her, “I’m hurt. I can’t believe you did me like this. You all going to regret this.”
¶ 3 Alexandria returned to Mary’s apartment complex later that day. While sitting in Alexandria’s car in a nearby parking lot, Boyston received a phone call, argued with the caller, and, after ending the call, told Alexandria to take him to meet the caller. When she refused, Boyston said he should shoot her, pulled out a revolver, and shot at her but missed. Alexandria got out of the car and asked him “what was going on, what was wrong with him. And he just told [her] that he was going to kill [her].” She tried to run away, but Boyston pulled out a different handgun and shot her in the chest, back, and side. She survived but is paralyzed from the waist down.
¶ 4 Boyston then jogged to Mary’s apartment. Announcing that it was “time to take care of everyone who did me wrong,” Boyston entered and shot Mary’s son, Alexander Boyston, in the arm. After Alexander came out of the apartment and fell face down, Boyston fired two more shots into his back, killing him. Boyston also shot Mary three times inside the apartment, once in the side and twice in the back, killing her.
¶ 5 Boyston’s great-aunt, Shirley Jones, came out of her nearby apartment unit and asked Boyston what he was doing. He responded, “Oh, I better get you, too,” and then said, “You mother f* * *ers crossed me too many times.” Boyston chased Shirley inside her apartment and shot her in the back. She eventually recovered from the gunshot wound.
¶ 6 After using his last bullet to shoot Shirley, Boyston returned to Mary’s apartment and began fist fighting with Timothy Wright, a family friend. Just outside the apartment, Boyston took out a knife and stabbed Timothy nine times, one a fatal chest wound. Boyston fled but was arrested later that night.
¶ 7 Boyston was charged with three counts of first degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder. A jury returned guilty verdicts on the first degree murder counts and on the charge of attempted first degree murder of Shirley. The jury found him not guilty of attempted first degree murder of Alexandria, but guilty of the lesser-included offense of attempted second degree murder.
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