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Case: State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Transcript of: Grand Jury Volume XIII Date: October 16, 2014 This transcript is printed on 100% recycled paper Gor: Rea 515 Olive Street, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 241-6750 1-800-878-6750 Fax: (314) 241-5070 Email: schedule@goreperry.com Internet: < > State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 Page 1 DARREN WILSON GRAND JURY ber 16, VOLUME XIII Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia Electronically slaned by iv. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 1 SUIT COURT OF LOUIS COUNTY 2 STATE OF MISSOURI 3 4 STATE OF MISSOURI é 7 vs. 8 9 DARREN WILSON 10 1 12 The following is a hearing before the Grand 13 Jury of St. Louis County, at the offices of st. 14 Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 100 5 South Central Avenue, in the City of Clayton, State 16 of Missouri, on the 16th day o: 17 before 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 www.goreperry.com [343a6e1.1279-47 15-aa60-b9420633e92a State of Mi: souri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 3 1 APPEARANCES OF COUNS 2 3. FOR THE STATE: 4 Ms. Kathi Alizadeh & Ms. Sheila Whirley 5 t Prosecuting Attorneys for ouis é 7 100 South Central Avenue, 2nd Floor 8 Clayton, MO 63105 9 (314) 615-2600 10 1 12 13 14 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia Electronically slaned by State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 rage 5 | 1 GRAND JURY HEARING VOLUME XIII | 2 MS. ALIZADEH: Good morning. | 3 {All say good morning.) | 4 WITNESS 34, | 5 of lawful age, having been first duly sworn to | 6 testify the truth, the whole truth, and | 7 nothing but the truth in the case aforesaid, | & deposes and says in reply to oral | 9 interrogatories, propounded as follows, to-wit: | 10 EXAMINATION | 11 MS. ALIZADEH: Now, this is Kathi | 12 Alizadeh. It is October 16th, 2014, it is 9:14. | 13 This is the first of the day. We hada little late | 14 start today. I'm present, with Sheila whirley from | 15 the prosecutor's office, all 12 grand jurors are | 16 present, as is the court reporter and we're getting | 17 ready to hear from the first witness of the day who | 18 has been sworn. | 19 BY MS. ALIZADEH: | 20 @ You and I met with your attorney and | 21 Sheila prior to you coming in here today; is that | 22 right? | 23 A That's right. | 24 Q And remember that I told you that the | 25 court reporter is taking things down and there will | Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 Www.goreperry.com [343a6e1.1279-47 15-aa60-b9420633e92a State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 rage 6] 1 be a recording, but before we start the recording | 2 I'm going to have you introduce yourself. Do you | 3 remember me telling you that? | 4 A Yeah, uh-huh. | 5 Q And then I told you that after we start | 6 the recording, we are going to refer to you by a | 7 number instead of your name, okay? | 8 A Right. | 9 Q And your number is going to be 34, okay? | 10 A Okay. | 11 @ So could you please state your name for | 12 the grand jurors? 13 A Witness 34. | 14 @ And how old are you, sir? | 5 A | 16 Q And whereabouts do you live? | 17 A (Redacted) | 18 Q Okay. (Redacted) | 19 A (Redacted) | 20 @ How long have you lived in the St. Louis 21 area? 22 A I have been in St. Louis since = Q Do you live in the Canfield Green 24 Apartment Complex? 25 A No, I have a : Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 Www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 Page 7 Q Okay. A . Q And what do you do, what kind of work to do you do for a living? A Sort of like work. Q Okay. All right. Now having been identified, I will ew Ao es wn have the court reporter start the recording and then 9 we will have you, we will refer to you by your 10 number, okay? ql A All right. 12 Q (By Ms. Alizadeh) Sir, prior to the 13 recording being started, you identified yourself and 14 for the recording purposes we're going to refer to 15 you as Witness Number 34; is that right? 16 A That's all right. 7 Q And, sir, just back up a little bit and 18 restate what you already said, how old a man are 19 you? 20 A 21 Q And you live ? 22 A Right. 23 Q All right. Are you familiar with the 24 Canfield Green Apartment Complex? 25 A Part of it, yes. Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 Www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 vege | a Q You've been there before? | 2 A Yes. | 3 Q I'm going to show you Grand Jury Number | 4 25, which is a map, an aerial view of some streets | 5 and buildings. This being Canfield Drive, do you | 6 recognize that as being streets and buildings that | 7 will be Canfield Green Apartment Complex? 8 A Yes, uh-huh. 9 Q Okay. And, sir, do you remember 10 August 9th of this year, which was a Saturday? 11 A Yes, uh-huh. 12 Q And earlier that morning, did anything 13. special happen? 14 A Yes. 15 Q Prior to what you ended up seeing that you 16 are here for today, prior to the shooting, did 17 anything unusual or special happen in the morning? 18 A Before the shooting? nd Q Right. 20 A Uh, well, nothing. I was on my way to 21 work and I had 22 to come back and get it. 23 Q Okay. So you 24 2 25 A Uh-huh, yeah. Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 Www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 rage 9] 1 Q And so you said you were leaving for work? | 2 Be eights | 3 @ Do you remember about what time of day it | 4 was that you were leaving for work? | 5 A I don't know exactly what time, but it was | 6 in the morning. | 7 @ And do you recall this being a Saturday? =| 8 A As far as I can remember, yes. | 9 Q Was it light outside? | 10 A Yes, it was light. | 1. Q Okay. And how was it that you were | 12 leaving for work? 13 A 14 15 I turned around to 16 come back the Canfield 17 Apartments. 18 Q So you were all the way to 19 and then you had to return around and come back to 20 the Canfield Apartments? 21 A Uh-huh. 22 Q When you were coming back to the 23 apartments, when you got to the apartment complex, 24 were you coming from West Florissant or were you 25 coming the back way? Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 Www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia Electronically slaned by State of Mi: souri v. . Darren Wilson. Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 1 A 2 Q 3 here, and 4 A 5 Q 6 A 7? Q 8 A 9 Q 10 back then, 1 A 12 Q 13 A 14 Q 16 A 7 Q 18 two-door, Page 10 No, I was Flor ant. coming from Wes Ok If this is West Florissant over I'm motioning to the left of the map. Right. You can't see West Flori ant on this map. Right, okay. You came in from this direction? Right, right. What kind do you have, at least what were you driving? Okay. And is this a Right, it is a Does it have anything on It has a And what about, is it a four-door or 19 A It is 20 Q And about what year is it? 21 A 5 22 Q And so when you were coming back to the 23 Canfield Green Apartments, were you driving that 24 2 A Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 www.goreperry.com [343a6e1.1279-47 15-aa60-b9420633e92a State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson Grand Jury Volume XIII October 16, 2014 Page 11 Q And you were driving this direction on Canfield Drive? (indicating) A Right. Q Okay. Now, right here in front of you is a laser pointer. ous ene A Uh-huh. Q And there's a little gray button right 8 there. So if you press it, you can use that to show 9 on the map. 10 So as you were, let me ask you this, 11 were you with somebody in your 2 12 A Yes, one of the guys that work with me. 13 Q Is this guy somebody that is a friend of 14 yours? 5 A Well, I call him a friend. I help him out 16 a lot. 17 Q Do you know his name? 18 A » he goes by. I never question him 19 too much, he never likes me getting into his 20 business too much. 21 Q = You call him 2 | 22 A Right. | 23 Q And he's | 24 A | 25 Q And you've worked with him though? | Gore Perry Reporting and Video FAX 314-241-6750 314-241-6750 Www.goreperry.com Electronically slaned by B4dabe1-2279-4718-a080-beaaeesiebia

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