HAPPENING NOW: 15th circuit solicitor Jimmy Richardson says he won’t be able to share the video with us this week. Says there are steps they have to do, like interviews, before they can release it @wmbfnews
We’re taking his press conference live right now on @wmbfnews on air and on FB live, and I’m standing by live for updates once this press conference wraps up.
Richardson says there has been some misinformation circulating which is why they wanted to show the family of Tristan Vereen the video. The family told us they still believe the SCHP trooper murdered Vereen. @wmbfnews
Richardson says they will show us photos of the Trooper’s injuries, he says he did have to some surgery. The trooper was not shot. @wmbfnews
Richardson says Vereen used the troopers taser on the trooper, and this happened before Vereen was shot. So Richardson says Vereen was armed when he was shot. @wmbfnews
Richardson says Vereen was shot in the chest. @wmbfnews
Richardson says the trooper was NOT wearing a body cam. He did have a dash cam on the car. Not all troopers had been given a body cam, so he says he didn’t turn it off, because he never had one to begin with. @wmbfnews