One thing that both sides agree on is that Hayes did indeed pull the trigger. This action killed Saints’ player Will Smith. That evidence is fact. The only question is what happened up to that moment? There were also two witnesses for the prosecution this week. Some of them included: former Saints running back Pierre Thomas and Will Smith’s wife Racquel Smith.
The evidence clear to show that Will Smith tapped Cardell Hayes SUV first on Magazine St. and then a short time later Hayes’ Hummer rams into Will Smith’s car. Both sides have very different versions of what happened on that night after The French Quarter Festival on Magazine Street.