Charges downgraded for George Kelly, Arizona rancher who fatally shot migrant
Larkin pushed back on the testimony, arguing that the investigator was prematurely convinced Kelly committed a crime and skewed his efforts accordingly.and said he gave inconsistent accounts of the shooting, including how many people he has seen on his property, if they were armed and if he aimed directly at them or over their heads.Larkin pressed the detective on his interviewing methods.
A witness to the killing, a migrant who was traveling with Cuen-Buitimea, later testified that his contingent of eight border crossers was unarmed and that Kelly shot without provocation. Larkin has argued that Kelly would not have fired randomly that day and that the area is notorious for violence and drug trafficking.Kelly’s property on the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona.Prosecutors have dismissed that theory, countering that Kelly had no reasonable grounds to open fire.
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