GUILTY TX - Lauren Landavazo, 13, killed & one injured in shooting, Wichita Falls, 2 Sept 16

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1h1 hour ago
Price: When he interviewed Lott, he was under stress of being in long term solitary confinement w/little support from anyone. And such stress can bring on a psychotic episode.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1h1 hour ago
Rasmussen: Did you observe any facts Lott didn’t know his behavior was wrong?

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 59m59 minutes ago
Price: No behaviors other than his self-reports such as of being in league with the devil.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 58m58 minutes ago
Price: When I interviewed him about a month ago, he talked more about his jealousy & anger toward women than about the devil & Satanism.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 57m57 minutes ago
Price: Yes, he was on meds when I interviewed him.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 56m56 minutes ago
Price: When he found a sympathetic ear during the police interview, then yes, he talked more about the devil and occult. The officer even appeared to be enjoying the conversation.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 54m54 minutes ago
Wichita County Criminal District Attorney Maureen Shelton gets the witness back.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 52m52 minutes ago
Price: Yes, saw Dr. Falls’ testimony, and Price disagrees that in spite of indications Lott knew what he was doing was wrong, his delusions prevented him from knowing right from wrong.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 50m50 minutes ago
Price: Lott thought the crime would keep him from dealing with his dependence, drug use & other problems in his life because he would be in prison.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 49m49 minutes ago
Price: No, Falls didn’t give Lott tests for malingering & impression management.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 48m48 minutes ago
Back to Rasmussen: Bottom line, there was a severe mental defect or disorder? Price: Yes.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 48m48 minutes ago
Shelton: The state rests on rebuttal.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 46m46 minutes ago
Judge: Jury, you are recessed until 2 p.m. I’ll present the charge, you’ll hear the attorneys’ closing arguments and get the case for deliberation.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 17m17 minutes ago
Judge Bob Brotherton reading the charge to the jury.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 8m8 minutes ago
Special Prosecutor Ron Poole giving closing arguments.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 7m7 minutes ago
“This man really gets his ticket punched shooting innocent 13-year-old girls,” Poole said, pointing at Lott.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 4m4 minutes ago
Poole: Lott saw Lauren Landavazo with two black girls & went to shoot her. “He’s a racist,” Poole points at Lott. “If mommy would give him the money, he’d have the tattoos.”

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
The last bit of evidence we introduced— Lott’s cell phone data — shows him researching black vs white girl fights, Poole told jurors.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Poole: We know Lott lies. He shot Makayla Smith first — “one bullet three holes.” Then he shot Lauren. War vet John Lewis said he heard one shot and then several more.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Poole: Makayla Smith is special. She was worried about her friend Lauren and strive to put on a positive demeanor for her family even while she had a bullet in her. http://bit.ly/2p51bRH

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
Poole: Makayla had a year and a half of therapy after the shooting. Don’t tell her — I wouldn’t tell her — but she’ll never be all right because of the shooting.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Poole: Makayla Smith is a victim of aggravated assault. Aggravated is just another way of saying “cold-blooded.”

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 8m8 minutes ago
Poole: Lauren Landavazo was hit by 15 bullets. “You ever hear the phrase overkill?” Lott told the forensic psychologist that he would have killed Makayla Smith but he ran out of ammunition.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 6m6 minutes ago
Poole: Here’s a Bible verse for Lott: “Just as a dog returns to his vomit, a fool returns to his folly.” Lott drove by the memorial that had sprung up for Lauren Landavazo. “That was his undoing.”

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5m5 minutes ago
Joann Perez Ramirez & Faustino Ramirez saw him in that gold Tahoe, followed it to the Fountaingate Apts, saw him get out w/the wrapped up rifle — and called 911.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
Poole: “He’s guilty.” Poole is done & sits down.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Wichita County Public Defender giving defense’s closing arguments.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 37s37 seconds ago
Rasmussen: We know this was horrible, but what’s at issue is Lott’s mental state.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Rasmussen: “The emotion, the horror, set that aside.” Base your verdict on the facts.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Rasmussen read jurors part of the charge that says not to allow emotion to come into play in determining the verdict.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 34s35 seconds ago
Rasmussen closes by asking jurors to return a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Brotherton gives the jury a 10-minute recess.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 27s27 seconds ago
Assistant Public Defender David Bost giving a portion of closing arguments for the defense.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 22s22 seconds ago
Bost: You heard Dr. Falls lay out the rational & irrational thoughts going through his head about the crime.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Bost: Falls told you this crime would have happened with or without drugs.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Bost: Both Falls & Price agreed he had a severe mental illness.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 57s57 seconds ago
Bost: As Falls said if even 1 sincerely held delusion interferes with his ability to tell right from wrong, then Lott was insane.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Bost: But only you jurors can decide if Lott was insane, & I trust you to do that.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Bost: Detective Killingsworth told Lott in the interview that whoever did this had serious psychological problems & needs help. Killingsworth said that was a technique he used. But it rings true as common sense.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Bost: Lott was discharged in 2015 with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder after a period of sobriety in a mental institution.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 47s47 seconds ago
Bost: Lott hid his mental illness from his family & self-medicated w/illegal drugs. He committed this crime, & when police pull him over, he volunteers that they can search his vehicle.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Bost: Go back & look at the police video in which Lott is begging Jesus for forgiveness. He is actually talking to Jesus.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Bost: It’s OK to feel for the witnesses & the people in the gallery. But you were picked for the jury because we believe you can set aside emotion & sympathy to evaluate if we have met our burden to prove he was insane during the shooting.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Bost: After I sit down, I want you to know it will be hard for me to not say anything during prosecutor’s rebuttal. But I ask you to return a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
WC Criminal District Attorney Maureen Shelton giving a portion of closing arguments.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Shelton: The dispute’s not whether he committed the murder. Defense has to prove he had a mental illness & didn’t know his actions were wrong.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 50s51 seconds ago
Shelton: Sign the first verdict form finding Lott guilty of murder.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 16s16 seconds ago
Shelton: Also, guilty on aggravated assault of Makayla Smith.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Shelton: Drug misuse is not a disease. It’s a decision.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 42s42 seconds ago
Shelton: Lott had been watching Lauren since she was a 7th grader.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
Shelton: He waited until his parents were out of town & chose the 22 from the gun safe because another gun he could have used would have mutilated her.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
He put the rifle on safety, watched from inside the apartment to see when Lauren Landavazo will walk by.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Shelton: Lott sees her with her black friends & jumps in the Tahoe to kill her. “She was his prey ladies & gentlemen. He didn’t want to let her get away.”

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Shelton: Parents are picking up their children, & kids are walking home. Lott is relying on activity of a Friday football day to provide confusion.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 19s19 seconds ago
Shelton: After the shooting, Lott took a back road, tossed the rifle in a field w/long grass & drove to a small town an hour away to distance himself from the shooting.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Shelton: He knows what he’s doing is wrong. He tells his mother he didn’t do it when she asks. Checks social media, looking at Lauren Landavazo’s Facebook page to find out her name. He checks local news stories.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 54s55 seconds ago
Shelton: Lott finds out police are looking for a black truck, & he goes back twice to find the gun & otherwise tries to cover his tracks.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Shelton: The woman who spotted Lott driving by Lauren Landavazo’s memorial is a hero. Lott might not have gotten caught otherwise. “What does a murderer always do? He returns to his scene of the crime.”

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Shelton: Lott’s biggest lie to police was when we were out shooting coyotes out in the country, & that’s where the spent shell came from that police found in the Taho.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Shelton: He implicated his stepbrother & another guy who he said was dating his ex-girlfriend. But Lott did the crime. “He’s evil, ladies & gentlemen.”

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Shelton: He told the officers he was going to keep it a secret if he didn’t get caught. Lott said people wouldn’t even know they were in the presence of a killer.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 47s47 seconds ago
Shelton: Two weeks after the murder, Lott & his mother talked about him pursuing a defense of not guilty for reason of insanity.