The retired Florida police captain who fatally shot a man inside a movie theater in 2014 was acquitted of murder by a jury late Friday.
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A Florida jury acquitted a retired SWAT commander of murder in the fatal shooting of a fellow moviegoer during an argument over cellphone use.
He killed Oulson in anger after he had his ego hurt by being challenged and having popcorn thrown in his face, Rosenwasser said. Security video does not show Oulson throwing his cellphone, the prosecutor said, and Reeves had no injury on his face where he says it hit him. That is too fast for it to be the reason Reeves fired, he said. When Reeves returned, seeing that Oulson had put his phone away, he told Oulson that if he wouldn't have told the manager if he had known he would comply. Given his age, arthritis and other physical ailments, Reeves contended he could not have defended himself except by shooting. What happened over the next few seconds is where the stories diverge until Oulson grabbed Reeves' popcorn and flicked it back into Reeves' face.
PASCO COUNTY, F.L. (WFLA) — Curtis Reeves, the man who shot and killed Chad Oulson at a Wesley Chapel movie theater in 2014 was found not guilty on all ...
After over three hours of deliberation, a six-person jury returned to the courtroom Friday evening and delivered its verdict. I’m very proud of my team of lawyers here that did a fantastic job in bringing out the truth.” “This is great,” Curtis Reeves said after walking out of the courthouse a free man.
A jury issued a verdict for Curtis Reeves, who was on trial for shooting Chad Oulson after movie popcorn was thrown. He was found not guilty.
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He never lost hope in our system of justice,” says lawyer for Reeves, found not guilty in the 2014 Wesley Chapel movie theater shooting.
“When stand-your-ground self-defense was enacted, I cannot imagine that the legislature intended for it to cover a situation like this,” Grimaldi said. “They don’t understand the danger someone is perceiving doesn’t even have to be actual. He was more critical of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office investigation. “The interesting thing about Curtis is he never lost hope in our system of justice,” Tampa attorney Richard Escobar, who led Reeves’ defense, said Saturday. “It was super powerful for us to see. “They want to travel, enjoy their retirement,” Escobar said. A day later, he readied to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding.
Curtis J. Reeves Jr. said he acted in self-defense after a dispute that led a man to toss a bag of popcorn at him in a Florida movie theater in 2014.
A jury in Florida on Friday acquitted a retired SWAT commander who shot and killed a man more than eight years ago inside a movie theater after a dispute over cellphone use.
On January 13, 2014, Curtis Reeves was charged with second-degree murder after shooting and killing a 43-year-old man.At the age of 79, Reeves has bee.
However, "documents say the men exchanged heated words and that Oulson reportedly threw popcorn – and possibly something else -- at Reeves’s face. In January of 2014, Curtis Reeves, was charged with second-degree murder after shooting and killing a man inside a Florida theater. On January 13, 2014, Curtis Reeves was charged with second-degree murder after shooting and killing a 43-year-old man.