Khyree Thompson
Verronta Page
Tabitha GarrisonKhyree Thompson fired two shots into Reginald Ballard, showed no remorse for the slaying, and told his acquaintances on a cold February car ride that he would “do his 20 years…if they catch me,” one of those friends testified today in Hamilton County Criminal Court.
On the second day of Thompson’s murder trial, prosecutors called Verronta Page, who said he, Thompson and Tabitha Garrison conspired to rob Ballard of $4,000 that he received in tax returns in February 2015.
Page said he and Thompson armed themselves with two handguns before driving to the Cascades Motel, where Garrison had instructed them to go through a series of text messages.
Garrison was sitting on a curb outside when they arrived, Page said, then brought them upstairs to Room 48. Earlier that Feb. 19 night, Garrison had left a party in Dayton, Tenn., with Ballard, who booked them a room at Cascades, prosecutors said.
Page said Ballard opened the door for Garrison, who went inside and left it slightly cracked for him and Thompson.