NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The killer of former Saints defensive end Will Smith shot him eight times in the back after deliberately ramming his Hummer into the NFL veteran’s Mercedes SUV hard enough to shatter its back window, the Smith family’s lawyer said Wednesday.
Throughout the confrontation, Smith never pulled out his weapon, which remained loaded but unused in a compartment inside his car, attorney Peter Thompson added.
A lawyer for Cardell Hayes, who was charged by police with murder after Saturday night’s shooting, said his client felt threatened by Smith that night. But Thompson called this a lie and a distortion, and said the real victims were Smith and his wife Racquel, who ended up hospitalized with bullet wounds in both legs.