Video surveillance inside of the apartment building shows Linear and Reeder entering the building, leaving, then entering the building again. The complaint stated that Linear said he gave a pink gun that he had bought for his fiancé to Reeder. Police said that during a post-Mirandized interview, Linear stated that after the physical altercation with Smith, he went to the Camry and retrieved two firearms that were his. Officers said Linear and Reeder were detained and it was determined that Reeder possessed a pink 9mm Luger pistol. Given this information, officers with the Granville Police Department responded to Walmart and came into contact with Linear and Reeder while they were exiting the store, according to the complaint.
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Police said the phone was given to law enforcement, who determined that Linear, Reeder and the driver were at Walmart at the University Town Center. The complaint stated that Linear and Reeder asked the driver to take them to Fairmont, but the driver felt uncomfortable doing so and called a friend who was on the scene of the shooting. Police stated Linear and Reeder then exited the apartment building a short time later, got into the Camry with the driver of the vehicle and left the scene. Officers said Smith went inside of the College Park apartments and was followed inside by Linear and Reeder. Police said that through the investigation, it was determined that Smith and several other individuals had arrived at College Park in a dark Toyota Camry and Smith and two males, who were later identified as Linear and Reeder, got into a physical altercation in the parking lot. The Medical Examiner determined that the victim was dead, according to the complaint. The complaint stated that when officers arrived on scene for a shots fired call, they found Smith laying in the hallway of the apartment building unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds. Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri DeChristopher argued that Reeder's bad path didn't start after he shot and killed his friend, but before because the guns were stolen - and he was already using drugs.The criminal complaint filed by WVU Police stated that Terrell Linear, 21 and Shaundarius Reeder, 20, both of Fairmont shot and killed Eric James Smith, 21, of Clementon, New Jersey at College Park apartments Friday morning following a physical altercation. A bag with 326 Xanax was found in the car, which had two other occupants. Justin Wheeler, an active Fairmont officer, testified that seen days before Reeder murdered Smith, he was arrested during a traffic stop with a Glock 9mm and 16 Xanax bars on him. Some of the guns found as part of that investigation were stolen, the jury learned. "(Reeder) had a gun he thought was unloaded but had a round in the chamber and as he poked, fatally shot him in the neck." "They were playing this game called the poking game where they would draw guns on each other and poke each other and say 'what's up, '" Stewart testified. However, Reeder was planning to become an electrician, even filling out an application for school the week before the murder, his sister testified.įormer Fairmont detective Brian Stewart called Winston's death a "completely avoidable accident." Reeder's dad, Larry, said, "he stopped doing everything." A little over a month after Reeder was released from juvenile detention for Winston's death, his mother died and he went down "a hard path, " she said. Jurors heard from the best friend of Reeder's mother, whose house he frequently hung out at as well as his father, older sister and stepmother.Īll testified that Reeder started down a bad path at age 16, after an accident June 13, 2016, resulted in the death of his 16-year-old best friend, Printess Winston IV.Īfter Winston's death, Reeder started using Xanax on a regular basis, Amy Jones, his mother's best friend, testified. Reeder's life has been tragic, but there is hope, defense attorney Dustin Schirmer said. At 6:15 p.m., the jury stopped discussions for the day. Tucker told the jurors there was no time limit as long as they were still talking about the case and gave them the option of coming back today or Monday.Īfter a short discussion among themselves, the foreperson told Tucker they wanted to debate for another 45 minutes, and if they were unable to decide, they would come back Monday. the jury asked what would happen if they were unable to reach a decision Friday and if there was a time limit on their deliberations.
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