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>> allegedly what theyre saying is i shot them both. thats what theyre saying. >> why would you shoot your girlfriend? >> i dont know. >> you were carrying a gun? >> no! i was not carrying no weapons whatsoever. whatsoever. >> so somebody else was shooting? >> i guess so. it wasnt me. >> but according to authorities, sutton was the only shooter on the bridge that night. they say he shot the gang member, then presumably by accident shot emily. >> they just say theres four videos showing a black m...

On an east boston bridge, sutton was charged with attempted murder of a rival gang member. suttons girlfriend emily was also shot during the incident. sutton was arrested before emily had fully recovered and says the trauma of the night has stayed with him. >> i seen a lot in my life. but i really never had nightmares until i, you know, looked at her laying down on the floor with bullet holes in her chest. i just miss her touch. >> sutton hopes that after today hell be able to put those memories...

>> oh, yeah, ive dealt drugs. i mean, im not going to lie about that. i sell drugs. just my upbringing, you know what i mean? survival. sell drugs. but i didnt sell those drugs. if convicted, sutton will face a minimum sentence of ten years. but thats not the only serious crime hes accused of. less than a year earlier a night time gun battle erupted on an east boston bridge. after the investigation, sutton was arrested and charged with assault with intent to commit murder. he has pled not guilty...

For most inmates, jail has a way of crimping their personal lives. for the seven months hes been at the boston suffolk county jail, 25-year-old robert sutton has only spoken to his girlfriend on the phone, but hes determined to take the relationship to the next level. >> listen, listen. i need a close-up. will you marry me, baby girl? im serious. give me one of them little rice and bean babies. emily, i love you, baby. >> with the crime sutton has been accused of, it may be a long time before he...

Hes been charged with distribution of cocaine for allegedly selling 150 grams to a confidential informant. sutton has pled not guilty and though hes never been convicted of drug dealing, admits hes no stranger to the drug trade. >> oh, yeah, ive dealt drugs. i mean, im not going to lie about that. i sell drugs. just my upbringing, you know what i mean? survival. sell drugs. but i didnt sell those drugs. if convicted, sutton will face a minimum sentence of ten years. but thats not the only seriou...

See is like this much. everything is all covered up. you can see hes so red. you can tell hes smiling because his cheeks are up here in his eyes. im missing all this. >> there are certain moments of robert suttons life hed be happy to forget. after several shots were fired on an east boston bridge, sutton was charged with attempted murder of a rival gang member. suttons girlfriend emily was also shot during the incident. sutton was arrested before emily had fully recovered and says the trauma of...

They just see an arm, and a whole bunch of shots. thats what theyre saying. this is america. you know how many black men there is in this world that might be wearing black shorts, a white t-shirt? that has to be me? >> sutton says after the shots ended, he realized emily was lying on the bridge. >> she said, something is wrong with my chest. so i ripped her shirt open, and there was three holes in her chest. >> while emily was recovering in the hospital, authorities arrested sutton and charged h...

>> one of the shooting victims was reported to be a member of a rival gang. ironically, the other is the woman sutton just proposed to, emily vasquez. >> allegedly what theyre saying is i shot them both. thats what theyre saying. >> why would you shoot your girlfriend? >> i dont know. >> you were carrying a gun? >> no! i was not carrying no weapons whatsoever. whatsoever. >> so somebody else was shooting? >> i guess so. it wasnt me. >> but according to authorities, sutton was the only shooter on...

After several shots were fired on an east boston bridge, sutton was charged with attempted murder of a rival gang member. suttons girlfriend emily was also shot during the incident. sutton was arrested before emily had fully recovered and says the trauma of the night has stayed with him. >> i seen a lot in my life. but i really never had nightmares until i, you know, looked at her laying down on the floor with bullet holes in her chest. i just miss her touch. >> sutton hopes that after today hel...

Sutton has pled not guilty and though hes never been convicted of drug dealing, admits hes no stranger to the drug trade. >> oh, yeah, ive dealt drugs. i mean, im not going to lie about that. ive dealt drugs. just my upbringing, you know what i mean? survival. sell drugs. but i didnt sell those drugs. if convicted, sutton will face a minimum sentence of ten years. but thats not the only serious crime hes accused of. less than a year earlier a nighttime gun battle erupted on an east boston bridge...