New details in case of council member shooting teen

Published: Sep 12, 2024 Duration: 00:02:30 Category: News & Politics
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REPORTING LIVE IN HIGHLANDS RANCH. FOX. 31, RACHEL, THANK YOU. WE ARE LEARNING SOME NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS ARRESTED ON MONDAY. HE'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A TEEN FOR TRESPASSING ON HIS PROPERTY IN CONIFER. BRENT METS HAS SINCE BONDED OUT OF JAIL. AND OUR EXPERTS FEEL THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS STORY THAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE DAYS TO COME. FOX THIRTY-ONE'S. >> GABBY EASTERWOOD HAS THE LATEST FOR US TONIGHT. KATHY? >> YEAH, JEREMY ERICA, WE GOT OUR HANDS ON THE AFFIDAVIT OF 4 THAT SENATE EXPLAINS HOW ONE OF THE TEAM'S ACTUALLY HEARD METS YELL EXPLETIVE. MY GUN WENT OFF AND AFTER THAT, WE DID SPEAK WITH OUR LEGAL ANALYSTS WHO SAYS THAT THAT DETAIL COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. >> THE AFFIDAVITS START SINCE DETAILS OF THE DAY BY STATING ONE OF THE TEEN BOYS PICKED UP THE OTHER AT DAKOTA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER THAT, THE DUO WAS DRIVING AROUND TO SCOUT OUT A SPOT FOR HOMECOMING PICTURES WHEN THEY FOUND THAT SAYS PROPERTY WITH THE LAKE OUT FRONT, THE FACT THAT THESE YOUNG MEN MAY HAVE COMMITTED A TRESPASS AND THIS INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT CERTAINLY COULD PLAY INTO HIS STATE OF MIND. THE TEEN TOLD THE DEPUTIES ON SAME METS GOT OUT AND JUST SHOT. BUT HE DIDN'T THINK METS INTENTIONALLY SHOT. METS ALSO TRIED TO HELP THE TEEN AFTERWARDS BUT WAS PUSHED AWAY BY THE FRIEND. METS DID NOT RESPOND TO DEPUTIES QUESTIONS, BUT RATHER ASKED TO SPEAK WITH AN ATTORNEY. SOMETIMES IT CAN HELP IF SOMEONE REMAINS AT THE SCENE AND IS VERY FORTHCOMING AND THEY'RE CRYING AND THEY'RE EXPLAINING. >> MINUTE DETAILS OF THE SITUATION AND WHY THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. BUT HE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DO THAT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AT SOME POINT. AND SO THE DECISION TO ASK FOR AN ATTORNEY AT THE IS IS SOMETHING GOOD IS CONSTITUTIONALLY RESPECTED AND I WOULD NOT DRAW TOO MANY CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT. A SCAN AT THE HOSPITAL PROVE THAT THERE WAS LIKELY A FRAGMENT OF A BULLET LOCATED IN THE VICTIM'S HEAD. >> JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS HE'S STILL IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. IF VICTIM DIES, IT COULD EASILY BE A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER OR RECKLESS OR CRIMINALLY BASE HOMICIDE CHARGE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE PAIR WAS PARKED ON THE ROADWAY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. THAT LOCATION COULD BE A FOCAL POINT. THEY WERE NOT ON HIS PROPERTY. I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T OF HAD JUSTIFICATION TO SHOOT THEM UNLESS THEY HAD DONE SOMETHING HIGHLY PROVOKING TO HIM, WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT WAS THE CASE. >> NOW WE DID REACH OUT TO JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS ABOUT

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