Roddy Wrong about first shot: 26281067 reply to 26280427
"Travis, he never really raised his gun to him, but about that time, he come over and just started whaling on his face, the black dude started hitting the white guy in the face."
Just like you and me watching the video, Roddy could not see through TM’s pickup when the first shot was fired.
GBI investigators use the video to contradict Roddy’s crime scene statements. There was no struggle until after AA was wounded in the lower chest by the first shot.
The First Shot
Jesse Evans: (52:08) And is there video evidence that you saw that tends to corroborate based on your observation that that is an accurate statement that the chest wounds was, or least one of the chest wounds, was the first shot that was fired at the deceased victim Mr. Arbery?
Richard Dial: (52:25) Yes, sir, there is.
Jesse Evans: (52:26) Can you articulate for the court how that is that you’re able to see that?
Richard Dial: (52:29) After the first shot, again, you see a struggle between Travis McMichael and Mr. Arbery. During that struggle, Mr. Arbery, while he was wearing a white shirt during this incident, during that struggle, you see the front of his shirt is saturated with blood.
Jesse Evans: (52:44) He’s already saturated blood before the struggle that you can see on the video?
Richard Dial: (52:49) Well that’s correct, during the struggle is mere seconds after the first shot, his front of his shirt is saturated with blood.