Thursday, March 13, 2008

Day Three: Rivera dropped Flaco off at 1309 Neilson two days before April 12

Rivera says he did not see which way Lindsey was facing, but just saw him flinch and fall.

Defense asks to back up a little. Officer Lindsey at window. Rivera hears a bang, Lindsey falls, then Rivera doesn't see Lindsey. Rivera then sees a gun.

Defense asks about the hand holding the gun. Rivera says "Long, bony fingers." Rivera says he told police that. Defense asks if he looked at the shooter.

Rivera reiterates that he looked the shooter eye to eye, says he realized it was Flaco, who flinched, looking in the backseat of the car, and in that moment, Rivera took off in the car.

Defense asks "You didn't get shot?"

"I'm standing here, I don't think I got shot," Rivera says.

Rivera says he heard two to three shots and then Officer Lindsey fell to the ground.

Defense asks Rivera if he was at 1309 Neilson Street on April 12. Rivera says no, but that he was at that residence a few days before when he gave Flaco a ride and dropped him off at 1309, where numerous people were waiting, including a man with braids who Rivera later says he saw in the black Monte Carlo.

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