The accused triggerman in a shooting Sunday claims he was playing dominoes, not cruising the streets.
Repredto Reed, 23, 1003 Clay Ave., said he doesn't know why the shooting victim, Lucas Smith, identified him but that police have the wrong man. Greenwood Police have charged Reed with aggravated assault. He's out of jail on $65,000 bond.
Meanwhile the victim, Lucas Smith was taken to University Medical Center in Jackson. Greenwood Police Chief Henry Harris said today that he's been released. "I'm glad we don't have another homicide on our hands."
The shooting occurred on the short stretch of McLaurin Street between Avenues G and H. Witnesses have said that the shots came from Morgan Alley and were directed at a car Smith was driving.
Greenwood Police Chief Henry Harris said Smith was struck twice in the shoulder and once in the neck.
Reed said he woke up Sunday morning just before 8 a.m. and walked over to his cousin's house to play dominoes. Police found him at his cousin's house on Hilton Avenue.
Police considered him suspicious because Reed had a loaded gun beside him, the young man said.
Reed bought the gun several days prior because "folk just been going crazy and shooting folk around here," he said.
Police officers didn't say why they arrested Reed, the young man said. Later, he learned that Smith had pointed the finger at him and two others as the assailants.
