Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly, who is facing murder and other charges in the shooting of a Mexican national on his border property, has been released from custody, Fox News Digital confirmed Thursday.
of aggravated assault Tuesday after prosecutors say two surviving victims stepped up and offered testimony. The state maintains Kelly shot an "unarmed" man in the back "in an unprovoked attack as he ran for his life" more than 100 yards from Kelly's residence.Arizona border rancher accused of shooting at unarmed men; defense suggests drug traffickers bought testimony
But defense contends Kelly only fired "warning shots" into the air earlier that day after spotting armed man moving through trees by his home on the ranch. A defense filing alleged one of the armed men "pointed an AK-47 right at" Kelly, who called a Border Patrol Ranch Liason multiple times that fateful day.
Larkin told the courtroom Wednesday that there's a "very large incentive structure for people to come forward and to have claimed to have been witnesses," noting the expectation of benefits, as well as "pressure from traffickers who have an interest in blaming this event on Mr. Kelly."
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