A TIKTOKER has revealed how her dad shot dead an alleged stalker who traveled miles to reach the 14-year-old and blast open her front door with a shotgun.
Eric Rohan Justin, 18, was shot dead by Rob Majury, 51, in Florida last year after months of the teen allegedly stalking his daughter online and telling her he would pay for "booty pictures."
Ava Majury, now 15, is a TikTok star who currently has more than 1.2million followers on her main account, with two other accounts where she also posts lipsyncing and dancing videos.
She continues to grow her following and make thousands of dollars from the social media platform despite the traumatic shooting but has since dropped out of in-person learning over fears for her safety.
The teen had discovered that her classmates and friends were selling pictures and information about her to Justin in the weeks before he showed up at her house.
She also claimed in an interview with the New York Times that a boy in her school had been talking to Justin before the shooting and that he had since been following and watching her.
Ava first joined TikTok aged 13 and as millions flooded to the app during lockdowns, soon found herself with one million followers, three-quarters of whom were male, the Times reports.
Justin, who used the platform under the username EricJustin111, first came to Ava's attention in early 2020 as he commented on her videos.
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She told the Times that she responded to him a few times at first.
After these first interactions, she claims that she also learned that friends in Florida and New Jersey, where she had lived until 2019, were selling information including her cellphone number to Justin.
The 18-year-old from Maryland would reportedly text and call her, and even allegedly did a classmates' math homework for more information on Ava, her family claims.
“I had to unfollow all my local friends and Jersey friends,” Ava told the Times.
“And everyone around me was like, ‘Oh you’re going Hollywood on all of us, you don’t want to talk to us anymore.’ And I’m like, ‘You’re selling my stuff.’”
'SELLING SELFIES'
Despite unfollowing her friends, Ava, with the consent of her parents, sold several pictures of herself to Justin that she had already posted to Snapchat.
He allegedly paid her $300 on Venmo for the two selfies.
“I wasn’t sending anything of my body,’’ Ava said.
“It was just pictures of my face, which is what I assume that he was paying for. My whole thing is my pretty smile — that’s my content.”
However, Justin was reportedly not happy to stop there.
She claims that he then messaged her on Venmo telling her what he'd pay for "booty pictures" and pictures of her feet.
'ACCOUNTS BLOCKED'
Ava claims she blocked him on all accounts but he begged her to unblock him, sending her hundreds of dollars as he did so.
Rob Majury told the Times that he then intervened to text Justin and say that Ava is a minor and to stop contact with his daughter.
However, after this, the 18-year-old allegedly turned to a male classmate of Ava's and spoke about plans to assault her.
“I could just breach the door with a shotgun I think,” he reportedly wrote.
The classmate sent the texts to Ava after she called him, but her dad said he still believed Justin was "one of these keyboard cowboys."
“I sort of discredited what could have been a threat,” Rob said.
TERROR SHOOTING
Justin arrived at the Majury home in Naples, Florida, early in the morning of July 10, 2021, with a shotgun, according to Naples News.
He reportedly blew through the front door but his weapon jammed, allowing Rob, a retired police lieutenant, to start to chase him off.
Ava's bedroom was reportedly just inside of the door Justin shot open and she fled through a shared bathroom into her older brother's room.
Ava's mom Kim, 45, ran to help her dad while calling 911.
Rob reportedly told Collier County sheriff’s officers that after initially chasing Justin off, he went back into the house to get his handgun and then stood guard at the door.
Justin did return a short time later and Rob claims that he told him to drop the shotgun
When Justin allegedly refused, he shot him.
The 18-year-old had two cellphones containing thousands of photographs of Ava and hundreds of hours of her videos when he was shot, police said.
At the time, local media reports did not name the parties involved and said it was a shooting from a home invasion.
“The subject was most likely a stalker that resulted from her daughter’s extensive social media involvement,” the Collier County Sheriff’s Office report also read.
“Since her daughter’s involvement with social media, multiple subjects have attempted to ascertain her family’s address in the past.”
Rob Majury will reportedly not face any charges for the shooting under Florida's "stand your ground" law.
He has still sought legal advice to protect himself and brought in legal help to manage Ava's business.
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While they moved in with friends after the shooting, Ava immediately continued with her TikTok career, heading to Los Angeles to meet other influencers and attend events.
“Her creations, her contacts, her videos became such a big part of her that to take it away would have been hard,” Rob explained.
Ava still reportedly receives unwanted requests from men, however.
One man allegedly called her "baby girl" and offered to pay her $1000 a month for her phone number.
Her parents say they found that his name matched that of a registered sex offender.
Ava had also not acknowledged the shooting before this week in the Times interview, claiming that she didn't want to “make it a contest to see who can get here first."
“We chose what’s best for our family,” Kim added.
“We know there are going to be two sides, and some people won’t understand.
“Why should we allow them to stop her? Maybe she’s meant to bring awareness to all this.”
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TikTok did not return a request for comment from The Sun but it told the Times in a statement that it is “deeply invested in the safety and well-being of our community.’’
The shooting investigation reportedly remains ongoing.
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