Killing a innocent bystander, learns he will stay in jail at least for now. James pritchard was arrested late last night. Wesh 2 s matt grant was there when he appeared before a judge for the first time, and witnessed a tense exchange. That person ended up dead, but that s certainly not something the defendant intended. Matt James Pritchard s public defender says he didn t mean for anyone to die and didn t know 36yearold Oceanette Hampton was behind a door when he allegedly fired the fatal shot saturday. There is certainly probable cause for manslaughter here that he acted recklessly and did something that was pretty stupid and not called for, but intentional murder . I don t see that. Matt hampton was pronounced dead inside sanford s cool breeze night club. According to the Seminole County sheriff s office, a fight broke out between two women during a private party. When the fight escalated, a few men tried breaking it up. That s when investigators say pritchard fired a shot in a room
Say they have figure out what happened inside of the home when that next door neighbor ran over with his gun to try to help. Right now, the Marion County Sheriffs Office is working a Death Investigation case at this home on southwest 108th street. After Michael Ratliff was shot and killed. Now, today at the scene, we spotted this bullet hole in the door. Deputy i sas it happened when he and his girlfriend got in a huge fight and she went to the next door to help. Went to a neighbor for assistance, the neighbor came back to try to assist the lady and understand what was going on. At the time, the moment began to escalate again and ended with t shos fired. Reporter deputies say the neighbor grabbed his gun and went next door to help. Once he got there, deputies say he and ratcliff got in the fight and opened fire. No charges have been filed. Well, its still under investigation, obviously, we reporter it will be sent to the state Attorneys Office to filed. Now, we asked the legal analyst
Sense. Reporter thats because all of this sounds like something that would happen to a bad guy in the movie, not a 15yearold high school sophomore. Heres what happened he was driving down the street and he got shot while he was driving. The car kept rolling and hit a pole and then he fell out of the car. Today this familys prayer was for answers. My son has to sit in the car and listen to music and never crossed my mind he would take the car. Reporter his mom does not know why her son ended up on central street. Not even 15 or 20 minutes later i got a call that my child was laying on the ground dead. Truck that was just after 3 00 yesterday afternoon. A brutal shooting in broad daylight yet no one seems to have seen a. I dont understand. He was only 15 years old. He was only a kid. Reporter if investigators have suspects they are not most of the family is having trouble talking to. We miss him. We want him back. Reporter they are fighting back tears to take a stand. Im not a fan of thi
Of the other teens family members. Tonight shes begging for somebody to come forward. Ken, she says she cant sleep. She says her life is incomplete after what happened out here yesterday afternoon. You know, her son was only a sophomore in high school. He was driving down this road, got shot while he was moving, then hit this pole and finally ended up dying at the hospital. In some ways, this family considers the death of 15year old tamar harris a very private, very personal struggle. He didnt deserve to be killed. He did not deserve to be killed the way he was killed. Janene washington believes someone in this neighborhood saw someone else shoot her son in cold blood. Give them strength so they can speak. After all, this happened in the middle of the street in the middle of the afternoon. We miss him. We want him back. Reporter today the family fought back tears to tell Eyewitness News something needs to change. They want neighbors to stop turning a blind eye to violence outside their
Since they shut down a homeless camp. We told you it was outside the administration be able for 44 days and nights. Ty russell heard from city leaders and they still have to vote on a permanent resolution to make sure this doesnt happen again. Not at all, greg, this is where they were sleeping out here for weeks, nearly 100 Homeless People sleeping out here and its now empty and the city even removed the portable toilets but we still wanted to know what they are doing to make sure they keep the homeless off the streets. I dont want to do this but if i have to enforce the law were going to make an arrest. Police chief told Eyewitness News nobody is allowed to camp outside the Volusia County Administration Building on beach street. We told you drugs were rampant and workers spooked workers. Homeless were told to go to the salvation army. What happens after the 3e months . Well our hope is that we will have a plan and we will have shelters on the ground. We talked to the daytona may or af