Michael Drejka told police shooting victim stepped towards him, contrary to video evidence, prosecutor says.
Just hours after gunning down a Florida father in front of his family in a dispute over a handicap parking space, the suspect told detectives he opened fire when the unarmed man shoved him to the ground and took one step toward him, a scenario that appears to go against a security video showing the victim step back when he saw the suspect pull a firearm.
Drejka, who had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, told detectives that after the victim"blindsided me out of nowhere" and"tackled" him to the ground outside the Circle A store, he drew his Glock pistol from his holster as McGlockton took a step toward him. "I could see his legs. I know he was a black guy, that's all," he told the detectives, according to the video."If he hadn't twitched, I would have never pulled the trigger," Drejka had said."The feet said he was coming toward me and so did the hips."
During the interrogation, which Drejka submitted to after waiving his Miranda rights to remain silent, Det. Moffett challenged Drejka's recollection of how the shooting transpired.Drejka responded,"I'd disagree." "I said, 'it's not very polite to park there when there's other people that need to use this,'" Drejka said he told Jacobs, according to the interrogation video. ''She says, 'Is it affecting you directly?' I said, 'If my mother-in-law rolls in, yes it will.'"
Moffett, during the interrogation, asked Drejka why he didn't call law enforcement when he saw Jacobs in the handicap spot, saying,"Wouldn't you think it would be better instead of putting yourself in that type of circumstance that could escalate?"He said by the time law enforcement arrived, the person he complained about would have already left the scene, adding,"They always do.
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