Washington testifies,
declares innocence
TRIAL from page 1
and Alec Hogan pulled up in a gray
convertible, he said, and Cole then
confronted Washington.
Washington said Cole jumped out
of the convertible and said, “What’s
up?”
“Hie way he said it didn’t mean
how’s my day going,” Washington
said.
After exchanging words, Washing
ton said Cole squared off for a fight.
Washington got back into Brown’s car
and the two left.
Later that evening, Washington
said he, Brown and Muhammad de
cided to go to the Kwik Shop. Wash
ington said that as he walked out he
saw Muhammad and Brown fighting
with Cole.
Washington testified that during
the fight, he stood next to the Kwik
Shop building, away from where the
fight ended up. When Brown backed
off Cole, Washington said he walked
over to his friend, thinking the fight
was over.
“When I got to Willis, I heard what
I thought was a gunshot, or a loud
u
No one I knew was
shot. I just thought
it was gunfire.”
Riley Washington
shooting suspect
noise,” he said. “From growing up, I
didn’t bother to lode where the shot
was craning from.”
Washington, who grew up in a San
Diego, Calif., suburb, said he did not
tell police because he did not want his
name in the media.
“No one I knew was shot,” he said.
“I just thought it was gunfire.
“We were always having meetings
(with football coaches) because we
have a lot of people get in trouble, and
everything gets put in the media.
“I didn’t need to have my name in
the media for something that I didn’t
think was important.”
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