The father of a teenage TikTok influencer shot and killed a stalker who allegedly targeted his daughter outside their Florida home in July 2021. Robert Majury, a retired New Jersey police lieutenant, was not charged in the incident due to Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law.
At approximately 4:30 a.m. on July 10, 2021, Robert Majury was awakened by a loud noise at his Naples, Florida residence. Investigating, he discovered the front door had been shattered by a shotgun blast. He then encountered an 18-year-old male, later identified as Eric Rohan Justin, standing in the entranceway. When Justin's weapon jammed and he fled, Majury retrieved his licensed firearm. The teenager reportedly circled back and aimed his weapon at Majury, who then fired his own weapon, fatally striking Justin.
According to a Collier County incident report, Justin, from Ellicott City, Maryland, was a "stalker" who had located the Majury residence through the extensive social media activity of Ava Grace Majury, then 13 years old. Ava Majury had begun posting on TikTok at age 13 and gained over a million followers by 2020, primarily sharing videos of dancing and lip-syncing. Her parents, Robert and Kim Majury, had moved the family from New Jersey to Florida in 2019.
While Ava's father had initially dismissed some of Justin's early online comments as those of a "keyboard warrior," the threats escalated. Justin began commenting on Ava's TikTok videos in early 2020 and later contacted her on Snapchat and Instagram. Ava told ABC News that she had Justin blocked on multiple accounts due to increasingly "creepy" messages. With her parents' permission, she sold Justin two previously posted selfies for $300 in an attempt to deter him. However, Justin reportedly continued to contact her through Venmo, requesting explicit photos.
Robert Majury stated he then texted Justin, informing him that Ava was underage and demanding he cease contact. "It seemed that [Justin] was very apologetic and, I guess, trying to be pleasing at that point – never knowing that he had this diabolical plan to just show up," Majury told Good Morning America.
Justin, who graduated from high school in Maryland in May 2021, drove over 1,000 miles to Florida. He was armed with a shotgun when he approached the Majury home. "Someone came to kill me," Robert Majury told ABC News. "I was in fear for my family's life, and I had to do what I had to do to protect my family, and I made sure of it."
Following the incident, Robert Majury was not charged, as Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law permits the use of deadly force when a person reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm.
In January 2022, Ava Majury, through her father, sought a protective order against a former high school classmate, Drew Thompson, 20. The protective order application alleged that Thompson provided Ava's personal information, including her cellphone number, to Justin via Snapchat in exchange for Venmo payments. The petition claimed Thompson's behavior was reported to her school without resolution, leading Ava to switch to remote learning. A Florida judge ultimately denied the petition, ruling there was insufficient evidence.
Despite these events, Ava Majury has continued her social media career. Now 19, she maintains active accounts on TikTok and Instagram, where she has over 1.18 million followers combined. Her content has evolved from earlier videos to focus on beauty and makeup. She also monetizes her online presence through a subscription platform called Passes, offering tiered membership levels for exclusive content and direct messaging. Her parents are listed as managers for her enterprise, AGM Creations, founded in October 2021, and authorized persons for subsequent companies like AGM Projects LLC and AGM Socials LLC.
Child safety advocates, such as Titania Jordan of Bark Technologies, emphasize the need for parents to set boundaries and maintain oversight of their children's online activities, especially with the rise of AI-generated child sexual abuse material. "You are their first line of defense, which means you co-manage the account, you have full visibility into the direct messages, you lock down privacy settings, you disable location features, and you set hard ground rules around what never gets posted," Jordan told the Daily Mail. "You basically have to be a detective because a stalker only needs one little piece of information to really pursue and and cause harm."