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New details from police help shed light on Smith’s shooting

New Orleans police also said detectives found a loaded revolver inside Hayes’ vehicle, and there was no indication that weapon was sacked.

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Detectives found a 9-millimeter handgun inside of Smith’s Mercedes.

Police have located no evidence to suggest that the gun was sacked, and police did not specify ownership of the gun. Ruffin said. “Smith had a gun and was going to shoot it and Cardell may have saved both of their lives … in my mind this is justifiable homicide”.

Smith’s wife, Racquel, was shot in the leg while the other two passengers came away unharmed.

New Orleans police found a 9-mm handgun inside Will Smith‘s Mercedes SUV on Tuesday morning and another revolver inside the Hummer driven by the man who allegedly killed him, though neither weapon appeared to have been fired, authorities said.

Smith and Hayes got out of their cars and “exchanged words”, police said, and “during the argument, Hayes produced a. 45 caliber handgun and opened fire, striking Smith and his wife”.

According to Hayes’ attorney John Fuller, who turned over the case Monday because a conflict of interest, said Hayes’ Hummer was hit by a vehicle that didn’t stop so he followed it to get the license plate. “The uncovering or unearthing of a second gun will lend itself to the defense of Mr. Hayes”.

“It would be safe to say that not only did my client feel threatened, but citizens that were out there in that block felt threatened, as well”.

Before Tuesday, it had only been revealed that there was one gun on the scene: the. The alleged shooter was identified as Cardell Hayes.

Fuller has also said over the past three days that his client wasn’t the “aggressor” on the night of Smith’s death. This afternoon, April 12, 2016, sportswriter Andrew Schuster posted a tweet and the Associated Press (AP) reported that Smith was in possession of a gun at the time of the shooting.

A police spokesman, Tyler Gamble, has said the investigation prevents him from saying whether Hayes called 911 to report a hit-and-run accident. However, you can definitely see Smith’s Mercedes and Hayes’ H2.

“My son turned his back, he shot him in the back, and then he walked up on him and shot him again, and then when his wife started yelling we have babies, he shot her”, Will Smith Senior, told ABC affiliate WSYX.

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Hayes, 28, is being held on $1 million bond on a charge of second-degree murder.

Will Smith's vehicle is removed from the scene