GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — Prosecutors have dropped a homicide cost towards an Uber driver police initially accused of killing a person following an argument on Friday night time.
The sufferer, recognized as Patrick Wright, was shot twice within the chest on Avenue R on the nook of thirty sixth Avenue.
Based on a possible trigger affidavit, an Uber buyer staying at a close-by Airbnb instructed police Wright had been harassing his driver.
He mentioned he noticed Wright studying out the Uber driver’s license plate, proclaiming, “That is G-town,” after which lunging on the Uber driver by an open window.
The witness instructed investigators that he heard the gunshots after Wright lunged.
Police say they situated the Uber driver a number of blocks away, however that he denied being concerned in a capturing and claimed he was on his option to the Airbnb when officers pulled him over.
Investigators say a gunshot residue check implicated the driving force within the crime, and he was charged with homicide.
However Tuesday, police mentioned they found a flaw with their gunshot residue checks. In addition they say that video proof they obtained casts doubt on the driving force’s involvement.
Requested if the invention about defective gunshot residue checks would affect some other instances, the district legal professional’s workplace would solely say that it is reviewing the matter with the Galveston Police Division.
Galveston police did not reply to requests for specifics in regards to the checks.
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