Yes, also it seems he was shooting at his heart, one shot and done, but it glanced along his chest instead of going straight through. Maybe AM dropped the gun after the first shot (which is why Paul wasn't immediately shot a second time inside the room) and AM picked up the gun and shot as Paul came out of the doorway. Could explain the low angle.
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Yes, also it seems he was shooting at his heart, one shot and done, but it glanced along his chest instead of going straight through. Maybe AM dropped the gun after the first shot (which is why Paul wasn't immediately shot a second time inside the room) and AM picked up the gun and shot as Paul came out of the doorway. Could explain the low angle.
This is my guess, He shot the victim obliquely, then pulled back around the frame - the victim, no doubt stunned, shocked and surprised, takes steps towards the door, not having seen the shooter ...
Then the killer pops back in a crouch for the fatal shot.
The victim falls in the doorway
He was bushwhacked
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IMO, when shooting PM, more likely AM shot from the hip than from the ground.
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And MM was watching all of this take place....
OT: my pet peeve “Let me ask you this…” There is no need to announce that you’re going to ask a Q. We all know that’s the process. Just ask the Q.
My favorite back and forth of this trial:
Attorney: “Objection! Leading the witness”
Judge Newman: “Don’t lead the witness”
I love this judge.
My favorite back and forth of this trial:
Attorney: “Objection! Leading the witness”
Judge Newman: “Don’t lead the witness”
I love this judge.
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I agree.
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I’m curious whether there are any bathrooms out at the big vehicle or utility sheds.
ETA: We‘ve seen there is running water at the kennels. Might MM have stepped away to use the facilities and come running out after hearing PM shot? I wonder if her bladder was empty …. or nearly so …. at autopsy? (Apologies for the personal nature of that question.)
ETA: We‘ve seen there is running water at the kennels. Might MM have stepped away to use the facilities and come running out after hearing PM shot? I wonder if her bladder was empty …. or nearly so …. at autopsy? (Apologies for the personal nature of that question.)
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The pathologist said there was no bruise on the back of MM leg.
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And we watch as the defense squabbles over slight angles of the shots taken when the facts show it was two shots taken at very close quarters, putting on my foil cap to dial out the defenses ploy here.
Break for lunch at this time. Recess until 2:15 pm ET.
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“Now uhm, uhm…let me ask you this. Uhm, uhm”
An attorney opined that DH swoops in with blabber and broken sentences to put confusion in the jury’s minds over every expert’s testimony and arrived conclusion. By the end of the trial the jury has mental brain fog while trying to make a decision.
I’m thinking about how I would be as a juror at this point in the trial, I think I would have written him off.
An attorney opined that DH swoops in with blabber and broken sentences to put confusion in the jury’s minds over every expert’s testimony and arrived conclusion. By the end of the trial the jury has mental brain fog while trying to make a decision.
I’m thinking about how I would be as a juror at this point in the trial, I think I would have written him off.
Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian rises for cross-examination.
Harpootlian: You’re a doctor, deputy, professor. What do I call you? Kinsey: “I’ll answer to whatever you call me, sir.” Harpootlian: “You may regret that.” The courtroom erupts in laughter. They have a good rapport. Kinsey has testified in Harpootlian’s cases before.
Harpootlian: “I haven’t touched a protractor in 50 years. I’ve done it twice this week.”
He brings one over to Kinsey before they go over the Paul fatal shotgun blast trajectory.
Kinsey: the second shotgun blast that killed Paul was delivered at a 135-degree upward angle, give or take a few degrees.
At such an upward trajectory, Kinsey says he doesn’t think Paul’s shooter was more than three feet away - as MUSC forensic pathologist Ellen Riemer previously indicated.
Harpootlian also establishes that Kinsey isn’t aware of any stippling or soot on Paul’s shoulder. You’d expect that for a close-range shotgun blast, experts have said.
Kinsey notes that Riemer looked only at the bodies and their wounds, not at the other evidence at the scene - like the blood and brain matter splattered high up on the door/walls.
Still trying to figure out where Harpootlian is going here.
Kinsey is in the same boat. He and Harpootlian go back and forth with a protractor on the angle of the fatal Paul shotgun blast: Kinsey: “I’ve got a feeling you’re fooling with me, Mr. Harpootlian.” Harpootlian: “You got that feeling?” Kinsey: “I’ve got that feeling.”
Kinsey testifies he thinks the shooter on Paul’s second shot was farther than 3 feet away. He says if the shooter had been that close, there would be damage to the feed room door frame because the pellets would have spread only one inch in three feet.
Harpootlian hands Kinsey a Benelli 12-gauge shotgun that has been admitted into evidence. He has Kinsey hold it and re-enact the angle of the second shot. Kinsey has to get the shotgun really low toward the floor.
Harpootlian: Whoever was holding the shotgun was holding it that low? Kinsey: “Really low. Not from the shoulder.” H: Why would the shooter do that? K: “I can’t figure out why people do what they do.”
Harpootlian seems to be getting toward a reveal in this geography exam. At some point I imagine he will point out that Paul was around 5-foot-9 and his father was well over 6-feet tall.
Harpootlian: “That angle is an unusual angle. Typically, people shoot a shotgun from the shoulder.” Kinsey says he can’t explain the lack of stippling or powder burn on Paul from the second shot.
“Whoever fired the first shot could have backed up or even was taking cover to see what was going to happen,” Kinsey said. Harpootlian says the shooter would have had to crouch down to fire the second shot at such an angle. Or perhaps "was a very short person.”
Harpootlian moves on from the shotgun trajectory analysis/debate/geometry lesson.
The idea of an elephant ear from Tracy's food truck weighs heavily on the mind.
Harpootlian asserts the large spread of the pellets that hit Paul on the second shot indicate that the shooter was standing farther away. The pellet spread would be about 1-1.75 inches at 3 feet away, Kinsey says. Harpootian says the pellet spread on Paul was 6 inches.
Harpootlian: “Do you have an explanation for why the spread would be that big?” Kinsey: “I’m not a firearms examiner. I’m just familiar with how they work.”
Kinsey did say the spread could be explained by the angle of the second shot.
Harpootlian: “I’m not closing. I have a couple more shots - a couple more questions.” He goes to consult with the rest of the defense team. Kinsey laughs. Asks to stand for a moment.
Harpootlian actually is done with questioning. Prosecutor Waters rises on redirect. He establishes quickly that shooters and victims can move during the commission of a crime.
Waters: All that stuff you did with the easel and protractor, “does any of that change your opinion about what happened to Paul?” Kinsey: “It does not.”
Defense attorney Phillip Barber is again used as a prop. Harpootlian: “Mr. Barber in the interest of justice has allowed me to point this shotgun at him.” Harpootlian again re-enacts the dramatic upward angle of the fatal shotgun blast that kills Paul. Then we break for lunch.
We're back at 2:15 p.m.
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