A 21-year-old man was walking from an Airbnb to a grocery store when he was pursued and shot by a neighbor.
SAN JOSE — A Berryessa resident has been convicted of shooting and wounding a man in an unprovoked encounter in which the two did not know each other and may have been driven by fears about recent crime in the neighborhood.who was staying at a nearby Airbnb home off Piedmont Road and was walking to a grocery store when he was wounded.
Ultimately, no hate crime charges were filed. Waters has asserted on multiple occasions that he had recently experienced a car burglary in which one of his garage openers was stolen, and thought the thief might be returning. Prosecutors also alleged at trial that Waters yelled at the man, “So you think you can run?” before opening fire.
In a statement to this news organization, Waters’ attorney Steven Clark emphasized his client had no prior criminal record and reiterated the impact of the vehicle burglary two days before the shooting.
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