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Will Smith's blood alcohol level 3 times legal limit on night he was shot, source says
By NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on May 31, 2016 at 1:19 PM
Will Smith's blood alcohol level was severely over the legal limit when the former Saints defensive end was shot and killed in April during a confrontation in the Lower Garden District, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.
One source said toxicology results, which have yet to be made public, put Smith's blood alcohol content at 0.24 percent, three times Louisiana's legal limit of 0.08 percent. The two sources discussed the report on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Peter Thomson, an attorney for the Smith family, did not immediately return messages Tuesday (May 31) seeking comment on the toxicology results. Thomson has said previously that Will Smith, who was driving before the fatal altercation, was not "inebriated to the point" of being unable to drive.
It's unclear whether the toxicology results will be presented during a June 1 court hearing for Cardell Hayes, the 28-year-old former semi-professional football player charged with murdering Smith. Hayes is also accused of attempted second-degree murder for shooting Smith's wife Racquel following the April 9 chain-reaction crash in which Hayes' Hummer struck the Smiths' SUV on Sophie Wright Place near Felicity Street.
That accident came just minutes after a surveillance camera recorded Will Smith's Mercedes-Benz apparently rear-ending Hayes' vehicle on Magazine Street, and then Smith's car leaving the scene with Hayes in pursuit.
By NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on May 31, 2016 at 1:19 PM
Will Smith's blood alcohol level was severely over the legal limit when the former Saints defensive end was shot and killed in April during a confrontation in the Lower Garden District, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.
One source said toxicology results, which have yet to be made public, put Smith's blood alcohol content at 0.24 percent, three times Louisiana's legal limit of 0.08 percent. The two sources discussed the report on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Peter Thomson, an attorney for the Smith family, did not immediately return messages Tuesday (May 31) seeking comment on the toxicology results. Thomson has said previously that Will Smith, who was driving before the fatal altercation, was not "inebriated to the point" of being unable to drive.
It's unclear whether the toxicology results will be presented during a June 1 court hearing for Cardell Hayes, the 28-year-old former semi-professional football player charged with murdering Smith. Hayes is also accused of attempted second-degree murder for shooting Smith's wife Racquel following the April 9 chain-reaction crash in which Hayes' Hummer struck the Smiths' SUV on Sophie Wright Place near Felicity Street.
That accident came just minutes after a surveillance camera recorded Will Smith's Mercedes-Benz apparently rear-ending Hayes' vehicle on Magazine Street, and then Smith's car leaving the scene with Hayes in pursuit.
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