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Video of 53-year-old Jeffrey Ziegler attempting to shoot 14-year-old Brennan Walker, a black teen who approached the mans front door to ask for directions last April, was released Thursday in the midst of Zieglers trial for attempted murder. The video footage shows Walker approaching the front door and standing outside before suddenly sprinting away. Ziegler emerges seconds later, attempts to fire, then steadies himself and fires a shot before returning inside his home. Ziegler has repeatedly insisted that he slipped and accidentally fired on Walker. As The Daily Beast previously reported, Ziegler also claims that his wife believed Walker was trying to break indespite Walker doing nothing more than patiently standing at the door.
I got to the house, and I knocked on the ladys door. Then she started yelling at me and she was like, Why are you trying to break into my house? I was trying to explain to her that I was trying to get directions to Rochester High, Walker told Fox2 at the time. And she kept yelling at me. Then the guy came downstairs, and he grabbed the gun, I saw it and started to run. And thats when I heard the gunshot. The Oakland Press notes that the video could cast serious doubt in the minds of jurors, who viewed the video Wednesday. Thats what happened to Detective Shawn Pace, who testified that When I saw that video, my thought process switched...I knew which direction I had to go. I was shocked. After viewing it a second time, he said, he was charged up, because I was offended by what I had seen. The trial is expected to conclude Friday.
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Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)Sunny Daze
(209 posts)Looks like one of the good ole boys. Shoot first and ask questions later.
Luciferous
(6,080 posts)he'll be convicted.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I have to admit I am confused how a 14 year old does not know his way to school.
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)dumb ass racist gun nut has to walk around shirtless.
AmandaRuth
(3,105 posts)you get back into the housing developments, and the roads go twisty turny, stupid dead ends, and the street numbers don't always make sense, as usually they can be assigned randomly, as happens with rapid growth. I'm sure the kid just needed to know if it was east west north or south, or maybe just directions to the main road.
I've lived in an area of Washington that has had the most growth in the state past 15 years or so, and even though i've been here for many many years, I still get lost.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Fucking racist crazy white people, be ashamed.
pansypoo53219
(20,977 posts)as to defend his woman. MAGA!