
Two men accused of killing an off-duty Florida firefighter for his Nike sneakers and iPhone boasted about the murder just moments after the crime, a witness testified Tuesday.
Torrey Holston, 26, and Jose Garcia Romero, 27, allegedly killed Coral Springs-Parkland firefighter Christopher Randazzo, 39, in front of a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea resort. The incident occurred as Randazzo was leaving his second job as a bartender at Aruba Beach Cafe around 1 a.m. on October 19, 2019.
Witness Cheyenne Papach took the stand during the murder and robbery trial of Holston and Romero. She delivered a chilling account of how the pair showed no remorse and proudly gloated about the killing.
Papach, who was in a relationship with Marco Rico — another man connected to the case who pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact and conspiracy charges in 2020 — was with the three men on the night of the murder.
She testified that while she was having sex with her ex-boyfriend Rico on the beach near Aruba Beach Cafe, Holston (then 19) and Garcia Romero (then 20) slipped away and robbed Randazzo.
When the group reunited at Rico’s Nissan Sentra, the men admitted they had robbed someone of his shoes and iPhone. However, when Holston showed Papach the stolen phone, it was locked. Holston then ordered the group to return to the scene to obtain the password.
Upon returning, they found Randazzo lying on the ground, not fully coherent. Papach watched as Holston and Garcia Romero yelled at him demanding the password. She claimed Holston then fired his gun and killed Randazzo.
“I think I got him,” Holston allegedly said after the shooting. “I saw him slumped over.”
According to Papach, Holston — who was armed with a handgun that night — bragged, “I can’t believe I caught a body,” while smiling. Garcia Romero appeared equally pleased. Holston also reportedly called the gun “my military weapon” and told Garcia Romero, “we can rob him, and we can shoot him” in front of Rico and Papach.
Prosecutors said Randazzo was found face down, stripped of his red Nike sneakers, iPhone, wallet containing $55, and car keys.
A woman who discovered Randazzo told investigators the 39-year-old firefighter and paramedic was “lying in front of the hotel.” She informed a 911 dispatcher that her husband “thinks he’s dead.”
Both Holston and Garcia Romero are charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, and criminal conspiracy. If convicted, they face life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Before his death, Randazzo earned his firefighter certification and paramedic license from the Coral Springs Regional Institute of Public Safety in 2018. He was hired by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department just seven months before he was killed.
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