Before video footage and 911 audio were released of a Fort Worth, Texas, shooting, authorities believed four Black men were the aggressors in a road rage shooting that left an Asian businessman dead.
However, the footage and calls show that Jin Shin loaded his gun and pointed it at a group of people near a car that he had just hit in a minor accident.
The other driver’s friend, Markynn West, 28, fired to protect the group from the assailant’s bullets, killing Shin.
“I knew he was drunk. I was helping him. We were talking. He handed me his phone at a point, and I handed it back,” said West, who was arrested in September.
West and three other men were charged with murder for the Aug. 15 shooting. Keeton Sheppard, Quamon White and Kameron Taylor were also arrested for the early morning incident, but now six months later all of the men have been cleared of the murder charges. Sheppard and White still face misdemeanor offenses for assault.
Police initially said that the minor accident between Shin’s Jeep and a Hyundai led to an argument between the business owner and the group of eight people.
Authorities claim footage they obtained showed Shin trying to keep his distance as things begin to escalate, but he ended up being surrounded and assaulted.
Someone from the group hit him and took his keys, they said. Police acknowledged that Shin had a weapon in his hand but said he kept it pointed down.
According to a Dec. 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram report, police said in West’s arrest warrant that the video showed him going to a vehicle to get a weapon while Shin ran away. Police said West shot Shin multiple times, but the warrant did not state that the businessman fired his gun.
Yet, newly released surveillance camera footage shows Shin walking toward the group of people gathering near four vehicles lined up near an intersection and pointing his gun as they scatter. One woman appears to be on a phone as she seeks refuge in the…
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