The jury wrapped up deliberations in the trial of the
Detroit cop Joseph Weekley charged in the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Aiyana
Stanley-Jones. Weekley is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and
careless discharge of a firearm causing death. Weekley told jurors that he
unintentionally pulled the trigger on his MP5 submachine gun during a raid of a
house on Detroit’s east side in 2010 and the bullet struck Aiyana. He said that
his master grip must have come off the weapon when it was hit.
At the time of the incident, Weekley told other cops that
the gun fired during a struggle with Aiyana’s grandmother, Mertilla Jones.
Jones, who was in the front room with her granddaughter, testified that she
didn’t grab his gun or deflect it and said she wasn’t even within arm’s reach
of him when the gun fired.
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