Day Six of Testimony: Defendant talks about night officer killed

Prosecutor asks Serrano if street names came up in this interview. Serrano says yes and prosecution asks for another segment of the dvd to be played for the jury. We hear the names "Mojon" ("Ma-hone"), Mario, Flaco (defendant's nickname), Jose, and others. In that interview defendant identified Mario Cirino as "Mojon" and "Flaco" as himself.

Now to the part of the interview where what happened to Officer Lindsey is discussed. Defendant says that, according to Indio, Jose was wearing a white hoodie the night the officer was killed. Dark windpants, too. Several witnesses have testified about seeing someone in a white hoodie and dark jeans running from the scene shortly after Officer Lindsey was killed. In interview, defendant told police he was on his way home at one in the morning when he learned of all this.

Prosecution asks Serrano who else is a source of defendant's info; Serrano says Jose. Prosecutor stops dvd and asks if a new source of knowledge came up in the interview. Serrano says defendant said he ran into Indio while Indio was on his cell phone talking to Jose, who was talking about the murder and where he put the gun used in the crime. During the interview with police, Wesley Molina Cirino often leans forward in his chair and gestures with his hands even though his wrists are shackled. In the video, an officer asks Serrano to translate "did Jose say anything else besides 'I killed the officer'." Molina Cirino seems to gesture a negative response, shaking his head 'no' .

Serrano says defendant at one point brought other people into the picture: Sammy Rivera. Molina Cirino indicates the men he's mentioned had planned the officer's murder. That night, Molina Cirino said he came from Loiza, Puerto Rico. It's an impoverished city where more than half the population lives below poverty level and the average income for men and women is around $15,000 annually.

Now to the part of the interview where Molina Cirino talks about where he was after the shooting. He says he went to William Sepeda's house to get a ride to Jay Street, where he was staying for the night. Talking about the gun...how it dropped into the water (barge canal off North Genesee Street). Serrano says defendant is describing it in first person, showing him physically how gun was dropped, but claiming it's how the men involved described it to him. An investigator can be heard saying something like, "how did he hear it hit the water if he'd already taken off?"