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A judge has dismissed charges against a man who had been accused of participating in a downtown shootout on the night of Joe Cain Day, supporting claims by the defense that he was not involved.
on the night of Joe Cain Day, supporting claims by the defense that he was not involved. The shooting at about 11 p.m. on Feb. 15 sprung from what investigators describe as an argument between two men inside a nightclub.
Police say that dispute spilled out onto Dauphin Street, and that five innocent people suffered gunshot wounds. Cornelius Coleman . But Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said Tuesday that Jeffery was not one of the shooters. Mobile County District Judge Johana Bucci granted prosecutors’ request to dismiss the charges.
“Mobile Police Department uncovered some evidence that cast doubt on the identity of the shooter as Devon Jeffery,” Blackwood told FOX10 News. “As soon as that information was turned over to us, we filed to dismissed charges, because we don’t want to keep someone in jail without probable cause. ”“As we said at the very beginning of this case – very beginning, back when Mardi Gras came around – that Devon Jeffery was saying, ‘I was not downtown,’” he said.
Deen said he his digital forensics expert found that Jeffery was talking to his girlfriend on a cell phone at the time of the shooting. Deen added that Ring camera footage from Jeffery’s home in Semmes shows he was there at 11:03 p.m., right around when shots rang out downtown.
“He’s been sitting in jail this whole time, falsely accused,” he said. “And they were good enough to listen to our evidence that we presented them. ” This is not the first time that Jeffery has been caught up in a shooting investigation without being charged. In April 2024, he was involved in a on Pleasant Valley Road.
Surveillance video captured the entire incident. Police charged the other shooter, Jamarcus Grayson, with first-degree assault. But they declined to arrest Jeffery.to move forward against Coleman, the other man charged in the Joe Cain Day shooting. Blackwood declined to discuss details of the investigation, but he added that he believes police are closing in on another suspect.
“Someone was obviously shooting,” he said. “I think we have a pretty good idea of who it is. That investigation is still unfolding. If probable cause exists to indicate that somebody else was involved, that person will be charged. ”
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