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DADE CITY, Fla. - A former police officer accused of killing a man in a movie theater during a dispute over texting had used his own phone to send a message to his son moments before the incident, according to documents released Thursday by Florida prosecutors.
Curtis Reeves' son, Matthew Reeves, told detectives that his father texted him at 1:04 p.m. Jan. 13, the documents show. Curtis Reeves told his son he was already seated inside the theater. Matthew Reeves, who is a Tampa police officer, made plans to meet his parents at the theater for the 1:20 p.m. showing of "Lone Survivor" but was late because he stopped to wash his truck, he told detectives.
Matthew Reeves said he had walked into the dark theater while the previews were playing and looked around for his parents. It was then, investigators said, that Reeves shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson.
"Matthew said he did not see the shot directly, but the noise and light drew his attention to the top row of seats," Pasco County Sheriff's detective Aaron Smith wrote.
More: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/u-s-world/records-man-in-movie-theater-shooting-was-also-texting
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)else it might be questions to ask about justice in Florida justice.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Just a distraction.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)So many of theses events have happen recently I might be confused BUT no let's make me look like an ass.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Lighten up yourself.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)WRONG
npk
(3,660 posts)This guy obviously felt that he was above the law so to speak and being a former cop no doubt meant that he would be carrying a gun.
Not surprising.
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