After nearly a full day of deliberations, a jury on Thursday found a man accused of a downtown shooting guilty, but it was not the verdict that the victims’ relatives wanted.
The Mobile County Circuit Court jury rejected a murder charge and instead found Freddy Escobar-Diaz guilty of manslaughter. The jury also founded him guilty of first-degree assault in the wounding of another man, rather than attempted murder. Instead of a possible life prison sentence, he faces a penalty of 10 to 20 years in prison on each count.
known as “Tattoo Drew.” A bouncer at the bar, Damon Givens, responded to the altercation and suffered a gunshot wound. He died months later.“I’m very disappointed at the jury’s decision,” said Sim’s cousin, Kendrick Holliman, who described the victim as like a brother to him. “They had clear-cut evidence on everything.”“I don’t know what the jury did not see,” she said. “The evidence was there. He shot my son in anger.
“He came in there and some guy took offense at him taking pictures of the bar; thought he was taking pictures of his girlfriend; slugged him,” he said. “And it led to an altercation that, unfortunately, led to the demise of the other fellow. But it just wasn’t a murder.”“Freddy Diaz is a hard-working guy – married, three children, no record at all,” he said. “There have never been any problems.
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