A 27-year-old Georgia man has been arrested in Florida on allegations that he beat his girlfriend and punched and killed a man who tried to intervene in the altercation. Jordan Talley was charged with manslaughter and domestic battery following a March 31 incident in downtown Orlando.
Jordan Talley, 27, was charged with manslaughter and domestic battery after a March 31 incident in downtown Orlando, Florida. According to arrest records, Talley was captured on video at around 1:40 a.m. hitting a woman in front of a law office near the intersection of Robinson Street and Magnolia Avenue.
Talley allegedly pulled the woman by her hair and forcefully threw her to the ground, according to Orange County deputies. A bystander, 64-year-old Donald Storie, was walking nearby with his wife, daughter, and her fiancé when he heard the woman screaming for help.
Storie's family told deputies he headed in the direction of the screaming woman and, when he approached the couple, Talley punched him. Storie died on April 23 after he was taken off life support, according to Fox 35.
More surveillance video shows Talley and his girlfriend entering a car, which detectives were able to trace back to Talley's home in Georgia. He was taken into custody by the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Talley admitted to detectives that he punched Storie, claiming he was concerned for his girlfriend's safety.
"I did strike him," Talley told detectives. "I wasn't trying to kill the man. I was just trying to get him off my girlfriend."
Witnesses, however, told deputies that Talley's girlfriend was not in any immediate danger when Storie intervened.
"He was not a threat to her," said one witness. "He was just trying to help her."
Talley has been booked into the Orange County Jail, where he is being held on $10,000 bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 14.
The incident has shocked and saddened Storie's family and friends.
"He was a good man," said Storie's daughter. "He didn't deserve to die like this."
Talley's girlfriend has not been charged with any crime. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
