Video: Friends of Florida murder victims confront killer in court Joe Hallet told Shawn Tyson: "I need you to understand, the pain that you have caused and the amazing personalities that you have killed." The court was also played a tribute video of both Mr Kouzaris and Mr Cooper. The friends had got lost in a rundown area of Sarasota in the early hours of April 16. They were confronted by Tyson, who tried to rob them. They said they had no money and pleaded to go home, saying they were drunk, but the teenager, then 16, shot them both.