Expert: Defendant Near Fired Gun
posted 10:36 pm Thu March 20, 2008 - Rockville, Md.
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A forensic scientist has testified at the trial of an Army Ranger who is charged with killing a fellow soldier at their Gaithersburg apartment.
The forensic lab director for D.C. police says an analysis of blood spatter patterns indicates Sergeant Gary Smith was next to Specialist Michael McQueen, pictured here, when McQueen was fatally shot in September 2006.
The forensic scientist, William Vosburgh, also noted that Smith had large amounts of blood on his left hand and on his right pants leg and shoe when he was questioned by police, according to photographs presented in court.
Smith's attorneys argue that McQueen shot himself and that Smith threw the gun in a nearby lake in a misguided attempt to cover for his buddy.
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