People v. Williams CA4/2

BACKGROUND

At a preliminary hearing held in 2011, the People called Detective Shawn Hare as

their only witness. Hare testified that Chelsea Buckley was fatally shot outside of a

graduation party in July 2010. Hare testified that when he interviewed Williams,

Williams said that he “fired a weapon, but that that was in response to firing coming at

him.” Williams told Hare that “he thought one of his bullets may have killed the girl.”

Hare also testified that Williams’s claim that he was fired upon first was inconsistent with

what other witnesses told Hare, and it was inconsistent with the evidence at the scene.

Hare testified that there were two other locations from which shots were fired. He

found .32-caliber casings north of where Williams fired and .40-caliber casings “just

north of the driveway.” He also found .45-caliber casings where Williams and two

witnesses “placed themselves.”

Hare believed that the .32-caliber bullets were fired at Williams and his

companions when they fled after Williams fired. Hare also testified that there were no

fired .40-caliber bullets recovered from the house, and the .40-caliber casings were found

in a location consistent with…