Overview
- Brandon Charles Gregory Lewis was granted release on $500,000 bond after a first court appearance on a first-degree vehicular homicide charge.
- Police say he hit Just Stop Tires worker Ashley Tyer with a car as he fled a $95 bill, and she later died after a week on life support.
- Investigators say shop surveillance video recorded the incident, and deputies reported finding two knives on Lewis.
- At the bond hearing, prosecutors detailed a past out-of-state fatal crash in his history and an Ohio conviction for negligent vehicular homicide.
- Mascotte police say the investigation is active and more charges or arrests are possible, and the shop community is planning a vigil and fundraiser for Tyer’s family.