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Son of slaying victim testifies he didn't want dad to 'seem like a bad person'

Father killed during drug deal turned robbery

Marquis Lejon Studivant, left, and counsel Lee Parks talk Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 in Hall County Superior Court during Studivant's murder trial. Studivant is charged with felony murder in the April 4 shooting of Dennis Gayton, 47, on Carlton Street in Gainesville.

08152018 STUDIVANT 1.jpg — Marquis Lejon Studivant, left, and counsel Lee Parks talk Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 in Hall County Superior Court during Studivant's murder trial. Studivant is charged with felony murder in the April 4 shooting of Dennis Gayton, 47, on Carlton Street in Gainesville.

Tyler Gayton screamed and told his father, Dennis, to slam on the gas and get out of there when a man pulled out a gun on Carlton Street, according to testimony Tuesday in Superior Court.