Case: State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson
Transcript of: Grand Jury Volume XIII
Date: October 16, 2014
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DARREN WILSON
GRAND JURY
ber 16,
VOLUME XIII
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1 SUIT COURT OF LOUIS COUNTY
2 STATE OF MISSOURI
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9 DARREN WILSON
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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:
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4 Ms. Kathi Alizadeh & Ms. Sheila Whirley
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8 Clayton, MO 63105
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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 |
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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 :
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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
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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.
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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
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25 A Uh-huh, yeah.
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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?
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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?
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No, I was Flor
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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
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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.
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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? |
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