His visitation was Friday at the Saints’ practice facility in suburban Metairie.
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Among other things, he has criticized the NOPD for initially saying only one gun – the one used to kill Smith – was confiscated at the shooting scene.
A fully loaded 9mm pistol was recovered from Will’s vehicle, police said, but Smith family attorney Peter Thomson has said that “at no time during this event” did Will “ever brandish or carry” the gun, and that he had a state license to carry it concealed.
As New Orleanians and football fans continue to reflect on the slaying of former Saints player Will Smith, the Louisiana State Police said in a statement Saturday afternoon (April 16) there is “no legal basis” for that agency to strip away the New Orleans Police Department’s authority over the investigation into the fatal shooting.
Michael DeMocker/AP Pallbearers, including New Orleans Saints players Jo Lonn Dunbar (first position, far side), Cam Jordan (fourth position, far side) and Deuce McAllister (third position, near side), carry Will Smith’s coffin.
Saints players, former players, coaches and managers attended the service as did friends and family, according to The Times-Picayune.
A private funeral service was held at a downtown theater.
Police have alleged that Will was shot and killed, and Racquel wounded in her legs, by 28-year-old Cardell Hayes following a fender-bender crash Saturday, April 9, that triggered some kind of altercation between the men. But a celebration of Smith’s life on and off the field is expected to be presented using pographs and video, the team has said.
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Fuller has said Hayes was not the aggressor in the incident.
