A Florida jury on Friday acquitted a retired police SWAT commander of murder for fatally shooting a fellow moviegoer during an argument over cellphone use.
Deliberations in the trial began Friday and the six-person jury returned its verdict late that night, news outlets reported.with second-degree murder for killing Chad Oulson during an altercation at a suburban movie theater on January 13, 2014.
But prosecutor Scott Rosenwasser countered that Reeves killed Oulson because he threw popcorn in his face, angering him because it violated his self-image as an"alpha male."No one disputes most of the basic facts. Reeves and Oulson did not know each other. They had gone with their wives to see a matinee showing of the Afghan War movie"Lone Survivor," the Reeveses taking seats in the back row, the Oulsons one row in front of them, slightly to the right.
Escobar said the evidence proves their contention that during the disputed seconds, Oulson, before being shot, threw his cellphone at Reeves, striking him in the face, and then appeared ready to climb over the seats and attack, reaching toward him.
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