NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An enraged Hummer driver chased down former Saints defensive end Will Smith's Mercedes, deliberately rammed the SUV from behind, angrily confronted him in the street and then shot him eight times, yelling over his dying body as his wounded wife tried to crawl away, the Smith family's lawyer said Wednesday.
But a lawyer for the man accused of the shooting disputed that version of events, said a witness saw Smith with a weapon that night and called this case the "ultimate example of a person being prejudged."
Racquel Smith wanted everyone to know that her husband was "her Superman" and that he died trying to protect her, Smith family attorney Peter Thomson said.