Per the AP, “state police Col. Mike Edmonson wrote to Fuller on Saturday, saying he’s confident New Orleans police can carry out an objective and professional investigation”.
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The footage, taken on April 9 – the night of the fatal shooting – will allegedly place Smith and his wife Racquel at The Penthouse Club or Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, or both clubs, according to the attorneys. Police said Hayes, a local football player himself, never knew Smith.
The lawyer representing the man who shot Will Smith chose that same day for the launching of an offensive against the charges Cardell Hayes now faces.
Smith’s teammates Jo Lonn Dunbar, Cam Jordan and Deuce McAllister helped carry Smith’s coffin into the Saenger Theater in downtown New Orleans.
Smith, 34, was shot and killed by 28-year-old Cardell Hayes last Saturday, police said.
The public viewing of former Saints defensive end Will Smith was gut-wrenching, as his wheelchair-bound wife, friends and relatives said goodbye.
Saints coach Sean Payton, teammate Jonathan Vilma and former Saints Player Malcolm Jenkins all spoke during the ceremony, Nola reported.
Smith played for a Saints’ team that traveled like nomads from stadium to stadium after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Superdome.
Fans filed past photos of Smith and stood in front of the silver casket, which was covered with a bouquet of white flowers.
Nearby, a video screen showed snippets of Smith’s famous tackles as well as photos from his life off the field.
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New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson rides in a golf cart as his wife, Gayle Benson, drives, to view the casket of former Saints defensive end Will Smith during a public viewing inside the Saints’ training facility in Metairie, La., Friday, April 15, 2016. He and his wife lived in Kenner, a New Orleans suburb, and Smith commuted to Florida, where he was getting his master’s degree in business at the University of Miami.
