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0:00Disclaimer. This video is for commentary
0:02and educational purposes only. All
0:04individuals are presumed innocent until
0:06proven guilty in a court of law. Any
0:08footage used in this video is obtained
0:10through public records and falls under
0:12fair use for the purpose of reporting,
0:14analysis, and public interest.
0:17>> And then some man said, "You shot me."
0:20Like, man, I ain't shoot you. I ain't
0:22got no gun.
0:24On a February night in Albuquerque, a
0:26routine stop at a neighborhood gas
0:27station turned deadly in a matter of
0:29minutes. Inside a Circle K, a female
0:32clerk repeatedly asked a disruptive
0:34customer to leave the store. After
0:36refusing multiple requests, the man
0:39struck the clerk in the face, turning a
0:41verbal disturbance into a violent
0:42encounter. A customer nearby, 24year-old
0:46Michael Uriosi, stepped in to protect
0:49her. The confrontation spilled outside
0:51the store where the struggle continued
0:54and escalated. Moments later, a firearm
0:56was produced and multiple shots were
0:58fired. Uros was shot in the abdomen and
1:01later died from his injuries. Another
1:03uninvolved bystander at the gas pumps
1:05was also wounded. What happened in those
1:07final moments and how the man
1:09responsible explained his actions to
1:11police would become central to the case
1:13that followed. This is the interrogation
1:15of Eric Ray Ford.
1:17>> You're okay. I'm sorry. Those rooms are
1:19they've been trying to work on those
1:20rooms where they warm them up a little
1:22bit. Hopefully it's a little bit warmer
1:23in here.
1:24>> Uh
1:26I'm glad that you have your jacket on.
1:28>> How was those snacks?
1:30>> Snacks. All right. Doing all right.
1:32Okay. You need any more snacks after
1:34this? Just let me know. Okay. I'm going
1:35to have a few more.
1:36>> All right. So, tell me your first name.
1:38Eric
1:40E R.
1:41>> I see.
1:42>> Okay. Last name.
1:45And your date of birth, sir?
1:50How old is How old are you?
1:52>> I'm 58.
1:54>> Okay. What's the social what's a good
1:57address for you, Mr. Forest?
2:01>> You live there by yourself or is anybody
2:03else?
2:04>> I stay with family.
2:05>> Okay. Me and my wife both stay there
2:07with family.
2:08>> Okay. No problem. Um
2:14All right.
2:16Um, I know we did a traffic stop earlier
2:19on the day with you. Um,
2:22this is I want to tell you what all this
2:24is involving and what we're
2:26investigating
2:28and then I want to advise you of your
2:30rights, okay? Cuz you are in custody
2:32because we did a traffic stop,
2:33transported you in a police vehicle, had
2:37you in custody, um, been in the
2:39detainment room. I wanted to talk to
2:41you. Um, this is in reference a shooting
2:43that happened yesterday. Okay. So, I
2:46kind of want to talk to you about that,
2:47but I'm going to advise you if you're
2:48rights, okay? So that you know what's
2:50going on. If you can, you understand
2:53these rights. If you can say yes audibly
2:55so I can hear it verbally, okay? If you
2:57don't mind. Right. Uh, you have the
3:00right to remain silent. Do you
3:01understand this?
3:02>> Good.
3:03>> Okay. Anything you say can't be used
3:05against you in a court law. Do you
3:06understand this, sir? Good.
3:08>> Okay. And you have the right to consult
3:10an attorney before speaking to the
3:12police and to have an attorney present
3:14during questioning now or in the future.
3:16Do you understand this sir?
3:18>> If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will
3:21be appointed for you uh before any
3:24question if you wish. Do you understand
3:25this sir? Okay. If you decide to answer
3:28questions now without a lawyer present,
3:30you will still have the right to stop
3:32answering until you've talked to an
3:34attorney. Do you understand this?
3:36>> Okay. Those are your rights that are
3:38afforded to you constitutional.
3:40>> So I'm being arrested.
3:42>> What's that?
3:43>> So I'm I'm being arrested.
3:44>> Well, we're investigating the shooting
3:46that happened yesterday. Okay. Whether
3:48or not I arrest you is is kind of
3:50dependent on the information that I'm
3:52able to gather. Okay. So I am
3:55investigating uh the shooting. Um and
3:59I'm going to ask that if you can, you
4:02know, talk to me and tell me about it.
4:04Um that's what I want to talk to you
4:06about. I have certain information um but
4:10I wanted to kind of give you that
4:11opportunity to tell me your story. Is
4:14that fair? Okay. So, um tell me how your
4:20day was yesterday.
4:23>> All right.
4:25>> Okay.
4:29Was there anything in particular? Do you
4:31know what this Do you know the shooting
4:33I'm talking about or no? You don't have
4:36any idea?
4:36>> I don't know what you talking about
4:38where I don't even you been telling me
4:41about a shooting about yesterday.
4:43>> Oh man.
4:44>> I don't know what shooting. I don't know
4:46where. You ain't tell me nothing. You
4:48ain't say what. I just see it was a
4:50shooting yesterday.
4:51>> Okay.
4:51>> I saw um and then when the police pulled
4:54me over um and told me to get out the
4:58car and told me to see him. I'm like
4:59what are you doing? What are y What's
5:01going on? I'm just pulled up here to get
5:04some money out of the bank and then they
5:06pull up on me and do that. So I comply
5:08with all that they say.
5:10>> Yes. And we
5:11>> and I appreciate that.
5:13>> But I don't know.
5:15>> I I'll give you more details. So this is
5:17involving a shooting that your vehicle
5:20and yourself were involved uh over at
5:23Circle K.
5:27>> You remember being there yesterday at
5:28Circle K?
5:29>> No, we don't.
5:31>> Okay. So tell me about what happened at
5:33that circle. Okay.
5:36>> Everybody was out there fighting.
5:40Okay. Tell me about that.
5:43Um
5:48I know I went into the store to give me
5:50and my wife something to drink.
5:53Um
5:55my hand is messed up as you can see.
6:00Man, it's hard for me to hold [ __ ] You
6:02see my hand is all messed up.
6:03>> Okay. What's that?
6:04>> It's hard for me to hold stuff. So, I
6:07kept trying to get a soda out of the
6:09thing and my hand it'll hold it for a
6:13minute and get it to drop it from my
6:16wife.
6:16>> So, is this something that's ongoing
6:17that
6:18>> Yeah. Yeah. It's with both hands. My
6:20wife my wife tell me I need to get it
6:22checked out. It's called tunnel or
6:24something.
6:24>> Okay. and and and and I have nerve
6:27damage in my hand too cuz my nerves
6:31um I kept dropping the soda. Um when I
6:35finally got up to the to the counter
6:38with the sodas
6:40um um the lady because I kept saying
6:43damn cuz I keep dropping and I'm like
6:47damn. And I said it loud and the lady I
6:50guess she thought I was talking to
6:52somebody but I wasn't talking to nobody.
6:55And I went up to the thing and
6:59she grabbed my shoulders and she told me
7:02to get out. Right. I'm like, "Lady, I
7:05ain't talking. I ain't did nothing." She
7:07like, "Just get out." So I'm like,
7:09"Okay." I left out
7:11and I start talking to my wife out the
7:14car. Then next thing I know, all these
7:16people come outside and start fighting.
7:18And there people trying to jump on me
7:21and oh man, then my wife get try to
7:26break it up. And I don't know what's
7:28going on, man.
7:36Okay. I'm just taking notes. Sorry. Um,
7:38so
7:40inside when when you guys got there,
7:43what where did you park? Do you remember
7:46who was driving in the vehicle that you
7:47were in? And is it the same vehicle that
7:49you were in now?
7:50>> I was driving.
7:51>> Okay. So, same vehicle that you got
7:53pulled over and that was the same
7:54vehicle that was used over there.
7:56>> No.
7:57>> Was it the same vehicle that you got
7:59pulled over this morning? Is that the
8:00same vehicle that you had yesterday at
8:02the circle? Okay.
8:04Is that the same vehicle?
8:05>> Yeah.
8:06>> Okay. So, same vehicle was Okay. And
8:09where did you park? Do you remember what
8:11where at in the gas station? Did you
8:13park?
8:14>> No.
8:15>> Okay. Um, what kind of ve Let's talk
8:19about the vehicle a little bit. Whose
8:20vehicle is that?
8:24>> It's not yours?
8:25>> No.
8:29>> I borrowed.
8:31>> Borrowed it?
8:32>> No.
8:37How long have you had the vehicle that
8:39you've been borrowing?
8:46>> Two days.
8:50>> Where did you borrow it from? If you
8:51don't mind asking
8:56question,
8:59>> I just
9:01all I can do is ask. Okay. Um,
9:06so when you go to the store, do you
9:09remember you said you were trying to get
9:11some sodas?
9:12>> Do you remember what kind of sodas you
9:14were trying to get?
9:14>> Strawberry Fanta. Me and my wife's
9:17favorite.
9:20>> Okay.
9:23Um, and you said you were in the in the
9:27back against the is that the cooler
9:28area?
9:29>> Yeah, where the back seat back. about
9:32how you said you were it's it was hard
9:34for you to hold things in hand. Both
9:36hands are like that or just your right
9:37hand?
9:38>> Both of them like this one is for this.
9:40>> Okay. So, you have a hard time with the
9:42right hand,
9:42>> right?
9:43>> Okay. So, uh
9:44>> as you can see, it's all messed up. It's
9:46all It look like it's all lumped up and
9:49swole and all, but that's how it is.
9:52>> Huh. And that's always like that. It's
9:54It's been like this for about
10:00I want to say 10 years. About 10 years.
10:03Oh, wow. That's a long time.
10:07What? Um,
10:09let me see. But how many you There were
10:13some sodas that were dropped. You were
10:14dropping some sodas. Do you remember how
10:17many sodas you dropped?
10:18>> No, I don't remember. I mean, I know. I
10:20just kept grabbing them and I kept
10:22dropping. I just quite
10:25grabbed him with this hand.
10:31Okay. And then you said that you were
10:34and I I'm apologize. You you know your
10:37own words. You were saying the f word.
10:40You were you upset at that time when
10:42when that was
10:42>> cuz I kept dropping.
10:44>> Okay.
10:44>> Yeah. That's why I was saying damn cuz I
10:48get sick of my hand.
10:49>> Okay.
10:50>> You know what I'm saying? Sometimes I
10:51get sick of my hand and I hit it on
10:53something just for it to get right and
10:55then I can hold something.
10:58>> So it gets very frustrating.
10:59>> Right. I got you. I got you.
11:02>> I'm sorry you had to. Your hands were
11:04like that. You know what that was caused
11:06by?
11:09>> Like were you working a lot with your
11:12hands kind of? I
11:13>> used to work with my hands a lot. I used
11:16to I used to make like clocks, tables,
11:20stuff like that.
11:20>> You used a lot.
11:22>> I lose my hands a lot. I don't
11:24mechanics. I was going to say a lot of
11:26mechanics, a lot of body guys cuz
11:28they're they're always doing this a lot
11:30of lumbers. They're always using their
11:31hands a lot. They get messed up. So,
11:34so uh
11:37I'm just taking notes here. So,
11:40um,
11:42so you said when you went to the
11:43counter, she didn't she just told you to
11:46leave,
11:46>> right?
11:48>> Cuz somebody was in the store chatting
11:50me, "Calm down. It's all right."
11:52>> Do Do you remember who that was?
11:54>> No. I remember it was a lady said, "Calm
11:58down. It's all right."
12:02Um,
12:04you remember what she was wearing by
12:06chance?
12:06>> No.
12:08You remember what she looked like? Oh,
12:11no. She was a wife.
12:14>> She was trying to tell you to calm down.
12:15Do you remember where that that was at?
12:18Was that back by the cooler?
12:19>> Yeah. When I was by the cooler, she was
12:21like, "Calm down. It's going to be all
12:22right." I'm like, "I don't know. I I
12:24just It's just my hand, you know."
12:27>> Okay. So, she was trying to calm me
12:29down.
12:30>> No. Yeah. I wasn't even really mad. I
12:32was just pissed cuz I couldn't hold it.
12:35>> Okay. But she was like, "It's going to
12:36be all right." You know what I mean? You
12:38know, you ain't getting to it. I was
12:39like, "Yeah." Okay. Does that happen
12:42frequently?
12:42>> Yes. Oh, I don't.
12:45>> Um, when you're yelling like this or
12:48you're saying these things even like
12:50straight, I don't know. Do you think
12:52that would
12:55I guess
12:57do you think that scares anybody? Does
12:58anybody ever like
12:59>> Yeah, that's probably why he made me
13:02leave out of the store.
13:03>> Okay.
13:04>> You know what I'm saying? So I thought
13:05maybe that. So I'm like, "Okay." I
13:08didn't argue with her. I want I stepped
13:09the sodas on the thing. She snapped
13:11them. I walked out of the store.
13:13>> Uhhuh.
13:15Okay. What happened when you got outside
13:17of the store?
13:18>> I was talking to my wife.
13:20>> Okay. Where was your wife at the
13:22>> 10:00?
13:25And uh where what where was she sitting?
13:28>> In the passenger seat.
13:29>> Passenger seat. Okay.
13:32And were you and her arguing or talking
13:36or was it?
13:37>> Yeah, I was telling her I was telling
13:39her when I came out. I was telling her
13:41what what the lady did in the store. I
13:44was like, "Babe, my hand up, you know."
13:47She's like, "Well, when you be going on
13:50like that, saying damn and all out
13:52people, you do scare people cuz your
13:54voice." And I was like, "Well, I guess I
13:57scared you cuz she took the suckers and
13:58told me to get out the stove."
14:01He was like, "Well, okay." And then next
14:04thing I know, everybody falling out the
14:06stone.
14:08Who was outside when you and your wife
14:09were talking about this? Were you
14:12outside the vehicle or you
14:14>> I was I had just came out of the store.
14:16Okay. And she had a window down. I was
14:18telling me cuz I was getting back I was
14:19walk I was getting ready to walk back
14:21around the car to get back in the car so
14:22we could meet.
14:27Okay. And then you said everybody was
14:28coming out of the store.
14:30>> Then um do you remember who came out of
14:32the store?
14:34>> The first person came out of the store
14:37was the lady who took the solders behind
14:39the Circle K. I mean it left it behind
14:42her desk. Left the Circle K. Circle K.
14:46>> The worker.
14:47>> Yeah. She came out and
14:51>> and what what happened between her and
14:54you?
14:56>> She came out um talking crazy and I'm
15:00like lady just go back in the store. I
15:04ain't did nothing to you.
15:07What was she saying that you was talking
15:09crazy?
15:11>> I don't know. I don't remember what she
15:13said. I just know she came out cussing
15:15at me and this and that. And that's my
15:18wife was like, "Wait a minute, lady. Who
15:20was you talking to?"
15:22That's my husband.
15:30>> And at that point, what did you do? What
15:33did you do with that lady? I didn't do
15:35nothing with the lady. I just told the
15:36lady to go back in the store
15:40and I'm leaving. And then when she came
15:43out, everybody came out and everybody
15:48start fighting.
15:51Two dudes came and be to jump on me. I'm
15:55fighting two dudes.
15:59Do you remember what they already
16:04one
16:08one? I think he had a black jacket on. I
16:11think that's the one that that that
16:13left. He ran off.
16:16>> So the long jacket ran off.
16:18>> Ran off when the shooting start.
16:22When the shooting started, I jumped in
16:23my car and we drove off.
16:32And so when the shooting happened,
16:34sorry, when the shooting happened, you
16:36drove off. Well, when everybody start
16:38shooting, I don't know who was shooting.
16:45Yeah.
16:47Okay.
16:51So, you don't know who was shooting.
17:01>> See, I got bullet holes in my car.
17:06There's a bullet hole in the trunk and
17:08bullet hole on the side. Another bullet
17:12hole on the other side. Where it go from
17:16there?
17:30And then what happens after you guys
17:31left?
17:35Where did you guys go to for
17:39get something to eat? Finish getting
17:41something to drink. And I was telling my
17:43wife
17:48crazy.
17:51You remember when you went to get
17:52something to eat and drink?
17:54>> I went to Blakes.
17:59>> Remember which one? You're right up the
18:01street
18:03up the street on
18:06>> so further north on right there
18:11little bit past Indian school.
18:20And then after me and my wife got
18:22something to eat. I bought me my wife to
18:26my kids eat.
18:29We went to my mother-in-law house
18:33and we sat there late.
18:40>> When did you go home?
18:42Did you go home last night? You already
18:50>> stay
18:53there. I we go like to That's my
18:57sister-in-law house. Okay.
18:58>> We go there. I go to my mother-in-law
19:01house.
19:02>> Where did you guys stay at last night?
19:04You know,
19:04>> my mother-in-law's house.
19:06>> Okay.
19:08>> Um, did you guys go anywhere else?
19:10>> No.
19:14Where did u this morning uh when the
19:18officers, you know, stopped you, where
19:20were you guys going or coming from?
19:23>> We was going to the to the to get some
19:26money over the ATM. So we can get
19:28breakfast.
19:29>> Okay.
19:33>> Where were you guys coming from?
19:35>> We just left home. My mother-in-law
19:40will just told the kids that he want to
19:41get something and we'll be right back.
19:46Were you guys at the hotel or anything?
19:48Cuz I know he said he seen you guys
19:49pulling out of a hotel.
19:53No. Okay.
20:03Um,
20:05tell me about the fight. You kind of,
20:08you know, I mean, I know I know there's
20:10fights. Okay. So, a fight can be
20:14fist fight. It was a fist fight.
20:17>> Oh, what's that?
20:18>> It's a fist fight.
20:19>> It's fist fight.
20:20>> Yeah. In front of the door. Right there.
20:22Right in front of the door in my car. It
20:25was a fist fight.
20:26>> And who who was who was a fist fight?
20:28Who was in that fist fight?
20:31>> Um,
20:33it was
20:33>> Were you involved in that fight?
20:35>> Uh, yeah. So, I was in that fight. Um,
20:40that's the one. The two dudes is trying
20:42to get me. That's why I said the two
20:43dudes came out on me. I guess because of
20:47the lady at the store. They thought I
20:49did something to the lady at the store.
20:52>> Did you do something to the lady? No, I
20:54just cussed her out, that's all.
20:58>> Did you hit her at any time?
20:59>> No.
21:08Um, so you guys were fing by the door
21:11and then what happened? Was that where
21:14you guys stayed or did you guys stay?
21:15>> We stayed right there. My wife, um,
21:20she really didn't had nothing to do with
21:22the fight. She was in the car and
21:24everybody start fighting, you know, and
21:28all she did was got out of the car and
21:30try to get the two dudes off me.
21:33>> How did she do that?
21:35>> I don't know cuz one I had we was
21:38together and then the other one was
21:40choking me and I don't know what I
21:44couldn't really see her. All I know I
21:46heard her like, "Get off my husband. Get
21:48off my husband. Leave him alone.
21:53So you said in the fight, so your wife
21:55got out of the car and tried to get the
21:57two dudes off of you.
21:58>> Yeah. And then she said another dude
22:01came from nowhere and pushed her down
22:04out the way.
22:06And when they pushed her down, I it
22:08sound like somebody hit my wife and I
22:12don't know. I just
22:13>> What did you do at that point
22:15>> at that time? It's like I don't know
22:17where I got strength from. And I just me
22:19and the dudes that were fighting, I
22:21threw one dude down on the ground and
22:23then me and the other dude start
22:24fighting and we both fell on the ground.
22:36>> What?
22:36>> I think when he fell on the ground cuz
22:39we were both um wrestling together and
22:42when he fell I think he hit his head and
22:45then he was like, "Oh my head." And I
22:48got up and I was like, and then I picked
22:51my wife up off the ground and we left.
22:56And then
23:04who was driving at that time when you
23:05guys left?
23:11>> Do you remember which way you went when
23:12you left?
23:13>> I told you want to go to go get
23:15something to eat. Give my uh north
23:18>> one of us wanted the ball two blanks and
23:20got something to eat.
23:27>> Do you remember any descriptions of any
23:29of these guys that you were in a fight
23:30with?
23:31>> All I know is they was big dudes.
23:42>> The one that you were tustling with on
23:44the ground. Were you guys on the ground
23:46or standing up tustling?
23:48>> When he grabbed me, we was I was trying
23:51to get out. We was tussling. Then we end
23:53up falling to the ground.
23:55>> Okay.
23:57And then when we fell to the ground,
24:00another dude came and got on top of me
24:02to help him hold me. And I that's when
24:04my wife was
24:06That's when my wife came. Yes.
24:12I'm trying to remember everything.
24:15>> I might not remember in the order.
24:18>> Sure.
24:18>> But I'm trying to remember.
24:20>> Okay. I appreciate that.
24:22>> Um
24:24Okay.
24:26>> Memory ain't that good. That's why I
24:28take medication.
24:30>> So obviously I told you we were
24:32investigating the shooting, right?
24:34>> Yeah. So, this shooting that took place,
24:37you know,
24:39I'm trying to figure out who was
24:41shooting.
24:43>> Do you know who was shooting? Did you
24:45see anybody with a gun?
24:48>> I heard the shots. How many shots did
24:51you think you heard?
24:54Four, five.
25:11So
25:12understand that we get to a position,
25:15you know, we don't just pull your car
25:18out of nowhere to say, "Hey, I'm going
25:19to stop this car."
25:21>> My car was there.
25:22>> Your car was there, right?
25:24>> Was there stands out. It has a Utah
25:27blade. Has a window in the back. So, I
25:29know your car is there. I have beards on
25:32video. I mean, you have a pretty unique
25:36appearance, you know what I mean? Um,
25:38when we get beards, but yours is like
25:40really white out here. Kind of stands
25:42out quite a bit. So, when I look at the
25:45video, so we been working with things,
25:50okay, so I looked at a lot of video,
25:52okay? So, you know, I want to tell you
25:55that and I've talked to a lot of people
25:57already. So, I want to tell you that
25:59with this in mind, okay? I want you to
26:01be honest with me. Is everything you
26:03told me up to this point been truthful?
26:11You hesitated. So, it almost makes me
26:13think that not everything has been
26:14truthful.
26:18So, I would like the truth from you
26:21rather than
26:24trying. I'm not going to guess. I got to
26:26go by facts.
26:31>> I'll believe you if that's what you want
26:33me to do.
26:34>> No, you ain't going to believe me.
26:35>> I ain't going to believe you because
26:37that's why we're we're here, right?
26:38>> Exactly.
26:40>> You know,
26:41>> I always tell people, I believe you. You
26:43give me a reason not to. And I'm at that
26:45point where I don't believe you because
26:46I heard what I've already seen and the
26:48statements that I've already received.
26:51So, I'll be playing real straightforward
26:54with you, okay? Not to hide any punches
26:56because you don't seem like that kind of
26:58gentleman that always hide any punches.
27:01Did you have a firearm or a gun with
27:03you?
27:06>> No, I did. I took you from the
27:15You took the gun from the guy?
27:18Actually, I didn't take it. And when he
27:22came out with the gun, we start tussling
27:24over the gun.
27:34>> So, tell me about that. Who was this
27:37guy? Yeah. What was he wearing?
27:39>> I don't even know. Like I say, they came
27:43out of the store on me. I left the store
27:46after the lady told me to leave.
27:50Everything else after that
27:53is a straight rush.
27:56>> Okay.
27:57>> I left out of the store. The lady took
27:58the sold and said, "Leave." Okay. I
28:02didn't argue with her, nothing. I left
28:04out of the store.
28:07And if you say you got
28:10video, you would have seen me leave out
28:12of the store. Did nobody leave out of
28:14the store behind me except for me when I
28:16left under the store?
28:17>> Let me see if you're being honest. Okay.
28:20Cuz did you hit the female clerk?
28:22>> Yes or no?
28:24>> No, I didn't hit her. I swung at her but
28:28I didn't hit her because the door she
28:32stepped back in the door.
28:35How did you try to hit her?
28:37>> I tried to slap her.
28:41Like a slap or like with a closed fist?
28:43>> No, a slap. I kind of like this.
28:46>> I tried to slap.
28:49>> Okay.
28:50>> But she went back in.
28:52>> Okay.
28:52>> Like I say, I told her to go back and I
28:54walked up to her when I missed. I walked
28:56up to her and I said, "Lady, just go
28:58back in the store."
29:00>> Okay.
29:00>> We good. You know what I'm saying? And I
29:03turned around to leave out if everybody
29:06come out on you. Okay. At what point you
29:09said he came out with the gun? I need to
29:12know who he is. And
29:14>> it was some um essay dude. Me and he
29:19he's the first person that rushed me.
29:21>> The essay dude.
29:23>> SA dude. Explain that to me. I know. I
29:25know. I think I know what you're talking
29:26about. But
29:27>> he a Spanish dude. Why say essay? Cuz
29:29I'm from California. I'm not from here.
29:31>> Okay.
29:32>> And that's what that's how they talk out
29:34there. They say essay.
29:35>> I know what that means. I just want to
29:36make sure we get that clarification.
29:38>> He the first person that came at me.
29:40>> Do you remember he was wearing?
29:42>> No. In I know he had a I think he had a
29:46a cap on cuz he came and got Dr. He came
29:50at me talking and we start fighting me
29:54and him. And then next thing I know,
29:56everybody start jumping on me.
30:00Okay.
30:03Jumping on me. Yeah.
30:12Okay. Me and dude start fighting.
30:14>> Okay.
30:15>> All right. Then after we start fighting,
30:20I really don't know how the gun came in
30:22play. I just seen it and
30:28I grabbed it. He He had it. I grabbed
30:31it. We both tussling over the gun and we
30:34fell down to the ground. When we fell
30:37down to the ground,
30:39the gun went off.
30:45>> So you guys were fighting over the gun.
30:47>> Yeah, we were fighting over the gun.
30:50>> When we both fell, what happened when we
30:53was tling over the gun, the other dude
30:55came to grab us and all of us fell. It
30:59was cuz he fell with us. It was somebody
31:02else. I don't know who. I know it's a
31:04big dude. Big white dude came over here
31:07start trying to tussle with us too. And
31:10all well me and the other dude fell on
31:13the ground. I don't know what happened
31:14to the big dude and the gun went off.
31:17>> Okay. So gun goes off and then what
31:19happens after that?
31:22>> Um
31:24I hear my wife say ouch.
31:29And I was like, "Oh, I'm shot." That's
31:31what I heard my wife say, "I'm shot."
31:34I'm like, "Oh,
31:37>> and then um
31:41that was it. When that went off, it was
31:43like everybody got when I got up when
31:46nobody, everybody was gone. And then
31:48some man said, "You shot me." Like,
31:52"Man, I ain't SHOOT YOU. I AIN'T got no
31:53gun." Where was the gun at that time?
32:06I'm going say when I got up I
32:09got up and I went to the car. I picked
32:11my wife up, walked around and got in the
32:13car and we left.
32:14>> So you don't know what happened to the
32:15gun?
32:16>> I don't know what happened to the guy.
32:21>> I don't even know what the blood again.
32:23>> What color was it?
32:26I think he was over.
32:37>> Did you pick up the gun after the first
32:40when you guys fell down? The gun went
32:41off the first time. Did you pick up the
32:43gun after that?
33:06I thought my wife got shot cuz she said
33:09I got shot. She didn't get shot. And
33:13then uh some dude say you shot me. I
33:16ain't shoot you. I ain't got no gun.
33:25Okay. Is that Is that going to be your
33:29final answer? Cuz I have a video with
33:32you and a gun.
33:34>> You have a video with me and a gun?
33:39>> So, explain that to me.
33:44This is the gun that I picked up on the
33:46ground from D. You were nowhere.
33:49I I can't put words into your eyes,
33:52though. All I see is you holding a gun
33:58and shooting it afterwards.
34:01>> After what?
34:02>> After you guys after you get up off the
34:04ground.
34:08You remember that?
34:10>> No.
34:12Is it possible?
34:14Probably.
34:16But I didn't hit nobody. How do you know
34:18you hit nobody?
34:19>> Because the person was still running.
34:24>> So were you trying to hit him?
34:26>> No.
34:27>> If I wanted to hit him, I would have hit
34:29him.
34:31I was just trying to get people off me
34:34cuz everybody was on.
34:44The video shows
34:47quite a different story.
34:50>> The video show
34:51>> The video shows Yes.
34:54You actually hit the clerk. Video. The
34:58video also shows that you were walking
35:00around to the driver's side of the
35:02vehicle where you were at the point
35:04where you
35:04>> getting ready get back in. You could
35:05have left. Yeah.
35:06>> Right. I was f to leave.
35:07>> And then what'd you do after that?
35:09>> The dude came out the storm.
35:12>> But you were on the driver's side. It
35:13was opposite of the of the door,
35:16>> right?
35:16>> And then what'd you do?
35:19>> I'm like, what?
35:21>> You came back and you charged at the guy
35:25the door.
35:28That's what the video is going to show.
35:30>> Okay. Well, is the video going to show
35:32the dude?
35:34>> And then, yes, you guys got into a
35:36fight, right? Because now you guys are
35:38on a full out fight. Absolutely. And you
35:41guys are tussing in around the ground.
35:43Now, the other guy that you said was
35:44trying to He just trying to pull you
35:46away.
35:48>> Well, I don't know that.
35:49>> Yeah, I'm telling you. So, I I want to
35:52either Does this make sense to you or or
35:56is it just not what you remember?
36:00>> You saying the other guy was trying to
36:01pull
36:02>> he he's trying to pull you apart because
36:05you're fighting with this other guy
36:06after you've hit the clerk, female
36:08clerk. Okay. Oh, I understand that.
36:12>> Okay. So, I mean, in my understanding,
36:15he's just telling trying to separate.
36:17You guys are in a fight. He's trying to
36:19separate.
36:20>> I don't know that.
36:21>> Okay.
36:22>> We fighting.
36:23>> I don't know that he's trying to say. I
36:25think he ain't trying to jump me.
36:26>> Okay.
36:28But then you said something about a gun,
36:31which I believe is your gun
36:33and not this other person's gun.
36:35>> I don't have a gun.
36:36>> You don't have a gun? Are you supposed
36:39to have guns?
36:39>> No.
36:40>> Why not?
36:42>> Because I've been in trouble before in
36:44California.
36:45>> Okay. You serve prison time?
36:47>> Yes.
36:48>> You've been convicted of felonies?
36:50>> Yes.
36:52>> So, you're not supposed to have a gun?
36:54>> I don't have no gun.
36:55>> Okay.
36:56>> But you had one yesterday.
36:59>> It wasn't mine.
37:01>> Okay.
37:02So after you say you fell and the gun
37:05goes off,
37:07I don't know. I can't
37:10tell exactly when the gun goes off. Yes,
37:12I know there's a gunshot that goes off
37:14during that time when you guys are at
37:16close range.
37:18Okay.
37:20So the other person that got shot, which
37:23I believe is from your gun,
37:26got shot.
37:28Did you know that?
37:30>> No.
37:31You said he hit his head.
37:34What does that mean?
37:36>> He hit his head when he when we both
37:38fell cuz he was like like I hit my head
37:45and then um
37:49that was it. And I jumped up.
37:55You jumped up. Did you have your gun in
37:57the hand? The gun in your hand?
38:04I when I chopped up
38:12did take
38:15either you did or you didn't.
38:18>> So you took the gun from him
38:22and then what did you do with it then?
38:29took my to
38:33my wife got in the car. Okay. When you
38:38stood up to your feet, did you shoot
38:40anymore?
38:42>> I don't know. Did you say if I did? I
38:46did. No, cuz it was not.
38:51I seen a video
38:54and they have a record of you shooting
38:56and your hand like this.
38:59You said you would have shot him and you
39:01were if I if I wanted to shoot him, I
39:04would have shot him.
39:05>> Okay.
39:06>> So, what were you trying to do then when
39:08you shot like this towards that
39:10direction?
39:12>> I don't even I I don't remember if I
39:14shot I think I just pointed it at
39:16somebody and they ran
39:19the other dude that was involved.
39:28So, what did you do with the gun after
39:29that?
39:30>> I to
39:35know I threw it as I was driving. I just
39:37threw it out the window.
39:43>> You didn't keep it?
39:44>> No.
39:47Don't like
39:52shot too many times.
39:59You've been shot too many time.
40:00>> Yeah, I've been shot three times
40:08where
40:11I
40:14right here next to my
40:20right here
40:22and in my ass. I got shot in the ass
40:25with a shotgun. So I had pellets instead
40:27of slot
40:46got in trouble when when I first came
40:48out here a while back, but after that
40:51I've been doing I changed my turned
40:53everything around and try to get my life
40:56back on track. I work every day. I take
40:59care of my wife. I take care of my kids.
41:03I try to live a normal life now because
41:08my life was up in the past.
41:11>> Where do you work at?
41:12>> I work for Pal. I'm a home
41:16care director
41:17>> for Pal
41:20L.
41:21>> Where's that at? Um, the main office is
41:26out of state, but they have an office
41:28here on Randolph.
41:29>> Okay.
41:30>> Right by over there by the airport.
41:33>> Okay.
41:33>> I don't remember the actual address, but
41:37what is that?
41:38>> Oh, he took everything out of my pocket.
41:41My W TWS was in my pocket. I just got my
41:44W2s back. I just filed my taxes.
41:47>> Okay. Oh, and I forgot what what I
41:51forgot to ask you.
42:04>> Okay. You got to share her phone.
42:06>> Yeah. So, do you know where your phone's
42:09at right now?
42:16>> She didn't have it.
42:17>> No.
42:18Maybe the vehicle
42:21was happen.
42:27>> I don't even know. I don't know cuz I
42:28left out of the house.
42:29>> What kind of phone is it?
42:31>> That's a Android.
42:33>> Android. What color is it?
42:36>> Oh, she has a cover on it. I don't know
42:37what color the phone is. Cover on it.
42:39Just pink.
42:43Does it have a passcode on it?
42:45>> I don't know.
42:57All right. Um, has your car been
43:00involved in anything else?
43:05>> Okay. I mean, I'm just asking just cuz
43:08what happened to the back window?
43:11Oh, the back window.
43:15It it felt it came out. Um I was bagging
43:19up and in and at the apartments at my
43:22sister house
43:24>> and this little it's I guess it's the
43:28little pain thing that come down where
43:30she staying. I backed up too a little
43:33bit too far and it punched you the back
43:35window. Okay, that's how that broke out.
43:39wants us to stay where we're
43:45you said your car has gunshots.
43:48>> Good. Got bullet holes in it.
43:50>> Yeah. There you go.
43:53But
43:54your car wasn't in the direction of
43:57where the gun was shot and you shot.
44:04>> So, how did those bullet holes get on
44:05your car?
44:07Uh, probably when I was leaving.
44:10>> You
44:12remember that? I have a bunch of
44:13witnesses and this is
44:15>> Yeah, I know you have a bunch of
44:16witnesses.
44:17>> Well, dang. Yeah, they going to tell you
44:20everybody. You can line and this is for
44:23a fact because I didn't get the teacher
44:25even told me how to do a line 10 people
44:28up or 20 people up. Tell one person one
44:32thing from the beginning. By the time
44:34you get to the end, you gonna have a
44:35totally different story because
44:37everybody gonna put their emphasis on.
44:39That's the truth.
44:39>> And they gonna all add to it.
44:42>> Yeah.
44:42>> I've heard that before and you're not
44:43lying.
44:44>> I've actually heard that they call a
44:45telephone.
44:46>> Yeah.
44:47>> Okay.
44:49>> You're right.
44:50Right. But I take statements when before
44:53they talk to everybody. So we don't have
44:56that. And I also have video
44:59>> and a shot fire
45:00>> and that helps. Okay.
45:03>> You know what I'm saying? So I talked to
45:05people.
45:06>> So
45:08there was no other shots when you were
45:10leaving.
45:11>> I know that for a fact,
45:13>> right?
45:14>> Didn't want to hit me in the back.
45:18>> And when I looked at it earlier, it kind
45:20of looked kind of busty, honestly. But
45:22we'll we'll document it cuz we're going
45:24to do the search.
45:25Is there a gun in your car?
45:27>> There you go in that car.
45:31If we do, it's a toy gun
45:33>> and it's orange
45:37and it ain't real. It shoot darts.
45:42>> So, you said made a mention earlier that
45:44you threw out the gun that you got from
45:46this guy.
45:47>> Yeah.
45:48>> Where did you throw it out?
45:50>> All I did was throw it out the car was
45:52going up once.
45:56>> Out of which did you throw it out?
46:01unwanted. How far away from the Circle
46:05K?
46:07>> When we drove out of the Circle K and we
46:10drove off and my wife said, "Oh, what
46:13are you doing with that?" I'm like, "Oh,
46:15this ain't mine." I threw it out the
46:16window.
46:28My wife don't have nothing to do with
46:30this.
46:35>> I understand she's pregnant.
46:37>> Yes, she's pregnant.
46:45All we're trying to do is just try being
46:50>> Okay.
46:51>> You seem very agitated and upset.
46:55when you would say yeah with my hand but
46:59it's like man
47:01I can't get a price even when I try to
47:04get it right I can't get a
47:09and again
47:11is there an ability that you're able to
47:13hold on to I mean you were holding that
47:15gun pretty pretty
47:25Yeah, he says that cuz you can see it on
47:27video. That's why he said that.
47:28>> Plain state plate. I I'm not making this
47:31up. You know that. I know that. So, I'm
47:35a You don't already know. Okay. We're
47:38not here for that. I am here to hear
47:41your perspective and your side of the
47:44story. And I don't believe you're being
47:46honest because I believe that this gun
47:48is yours.
47:52And I don't believe you took it away
47:54from this male.
47:58And you may not know this, but when this
48:02all happened,
48:04there was two victims. one that got shot
48:07besides your wife who now I know got
48:10shot grazed.
48:13He had injuries to one and the other
48:15person died. So this is a homicide
48:18investigation.
48:20This is serious stuff.
48:24I never
48:27ever
48:30done anything.
48:33You've done aggravated batteries.
48:36>> Aggravated batteries.
48:37>> You've done robberies with a deadly
48:38weapon.
48:40>> Robert, what deadly weapon? My deadly
48:42weapon is I don't know what Okay. Rob
48:46with that weapon.
48:46>> Have you ever been caught with guns
48:48before?
48:48>> No.
48:49>> Never. I never have a gun.
48:52>> I don't use guns.
48:56>> Okay. Like I said, I'm I believe people
48:58until they give me a reason not to. Have
49:01you even even if you went back all the
49:04way back even to when I did time in
49:07California, you will see that I never
49:11ever been charged with gun. I never I
49:15don't I don't like guns.
49:17>> Okay. So there's no evidence
49:21if like the battery like I told the
49:24officer just I just I ain't the last
49:28time I went to jail is um I got into it
49:32was somebody at the at the shopping mall
49:36and
49:38we we was fighting and I sprayed them
49:42off with pepper spray to get them off
49:44me. And one of the other dudes that was
49:50um trying to break it up was an off duty
49:52officer. And I didn't know he was an off
49:55duty officer and the pepper spray got in
49:57his eye. I got charged for that assault
50:01on the police officer. That's not a gun.
50:04That was pepper spray.
50:07>> Is there going to be You said there was
50:09no gun in the car. Is it going to uh gun
50:11parts like heavy niches or casings,
50:16magazines or anything like that in your
50:17car?
50:18>> No.
50:19>> Whose backpack is in the back seat that
50:21I can see from the outside?
50:22>> That's my sons.
50:23>> That's your sons. Okay. Nothing in
50:25there. Nothing in the trunk.
50:28>> Pull all that out.
50:29>> Yeah. I'm I'm going to I'm going to do a
50:31search warrant on your car. So, this you
50:33know, but that's what I'm going to find
50:35out. Okay. I'm giving you this
50:38opportunity to hear. be honest with me
50:40whether or not you had a gun or you're
50:43still saying it wasn't your gun.
50:45>> It's not my gun.
50:48>> Do you know where this subject if he had
50:50you're trying to say it's his? Where did
50:52he pull it out from or where did it come
50:54from?
51:00Because I'm going to go looking and if I
51:02find that gun,
51:05he should have
51:07his DNA.
51:15If I find a gun out there and it has
51:16your damn hand, what does that person
51:20show me?
51:20>> Huh?
51:22>> Show me.
51:28>> Do you have anything else? I You have
51:30questions before I
51:33>> um I just have one question. before you
51:35got pulled over today um with the
51:38officers, you you pulled out of
51:41somewhere, right? Can you tell us about
51:44that? Where were you at today? This is a
51:47day after a shooting that involved the
51:49gun, involved somebody's life taken.
51:52>> Oh my god.
51:53>> I saw me pulling out of the
51:56So, the officer believes that you were
51:59pulling out of the Woodr suits. Okay.
52:02>> I went to meet somebody.
52:05Who' you go to meet now?
52:07>> My friend.
52:11Give me his name.
52:12>> That's not him. That's her.
52:14>> Okay.
52:16>> This your wife know?
52:17>> Yeah.
52:18>> Both of you guys?
52:20>> Yeah.
52:21>> What's her name?
52:25>> Denise.
52:28Was
52:30she staying there or
52:33how where did you meet her at?
52:36>> I just met her right there. I don't know
52:38if she know she over there with
52:42somebody. I just know she was over
52:43there.
52:44>> I swear she told me to come.
52:46>> Did you meet her in the parking lot or
52:47>> Yeah, I met her in the parking lot.
52:49>> Was she in a vehicle or
52:52>> she was in a car?
52:53>> What kind of car she got?
52:55>> The SUV.
52:59or simultaneously vaccinate.
53:06>> You involved in any type of drugs? No.
53:10>> Are you using drugs?
53:13>> Yes. What kind of drugs are you using?
53:17>> Oxycodone.
53:19>> How are you using oxy?
53:21>> They're taking but they prescribed to
53:23me.
53:24>> Okay. So, you're not So, are you using
53:27any illegal or illicit drugs? Things
53:29that not prescribed to you?
53:31>> All my drugs is prescribed to me.
53:33Marijuana, oxycodone,
53:36>> gavin,
53:38all that stuff is to me is
53:42>> you're not saying street drugs?
53:44>> No.
53:45>> M?
53:46>> No.
53:46>> Heroin?
53:47>> No.
53:48>> Cocaine?
53:48>> No.
53:49>> Fentanyl?
53:50>> No.
53:51>> So, none of that.
53:52>> None of that.
53:55Were you meeting Denise for drugs?
53:58>> No.
53:58>> She's not that type of friend?
54:00>> No. Okay.
54:00>> Is there any way we'd be able to prove
54:02that you were meeting Denise there in
54:03that parking lot? And for example, will
54:05there be text messages, phone calls?
54:11>> Oh, she called me.
54:12>> She's called you?
54:15>> You remember her number by her?
54:19>> How soon does she call you before that?
54:22>> Huh? How soon prior to the stop, the
54:25traffic stop when you were when you came
54:28out of the hotel? How soon before that
54:29did she call you? I'm going to be doing
54:32a search war on my phone. See if this is
54:34checks out.
54:47So,
54:50it's kind of giving you an opportunity
54:51to be honest with me, Mr. Mr. Ford. You
54:54know what I mean? Um, I have a lot of
54:56information and I have video uh
54:58statements. Okay. Um, I'm going to give
55:02our district attorney's office a a
55:05brief. Uh, I still believe that this
55:08handgun was not provided by the other
55:11subject. I believe it came from you
55:15and um you were holding it and pointing
55:18it and shooting it even after shot.
55:26>> Go ahead.
55:27>> I didn't shoot though. The gun went off.
55:29>> Okay.
55:33Um do you know where exactly was the gun
55:36at when it went off?
55:38>> Where was on the ground?
55:39>> Okay, brother.
55:41You guys are you say you're trusting
55:42over the gun. What exactly means of
55:45action?
55:46>> What was it?
55:47>> Yeah.
55:52>> Okay.
55:52>> And we move around
55:59like and it goes off.
56:03>> So where would he you think he would
56:05have got shot by the way you describe
56:06that?
56:13Are they in the side or stomach
56:15somewhere around right here?
56:18How would that be? If it's right, we
56:21tussling in front of each other
56:26>> and then we both fall on the ground
56:32>> and you're saying the gun just goes off.
56:36when we fall on the ground is when the
56:37gun went on.
56:38>> Did you pull the trigger at that point?
56:40>> I didn't pull no trigger
56:44>> cuz I don't usually in a fight if
56:47something falls out kind of especially
56:50with you would see that you would
56:52recover that afterwards
56:55cuz clearly you can I look at that
56:57closer but kind of looked at it pretty
56:59in depth and I don't see that. And when
57:02we first fall, if it was my gun, you
57:04would have seen the gun fall out.
57:06>> Exactly. And I didn't see that.
57:08>> Exactly.
57:09>> So that means you had it the whole time.
57:12>> So how could I have it the whole time if
57:15we touched it? Why would we We would I
57:18would have shot people before we start
57:19touching.
57:20>> No, I think you pulled it out during the
57:22fight and you shot him.
57:25>> That's my theory.
57:27>> Oh, okay. We if we fight then and he had
57:30me
57:31>> right
57:31>> where I'm going to put a gun from. He
57:32had me.
57:33>> Yeah.
57:34>> No, you had your hands and we don't have
57:36to explain it
57:37>> cuz the video will explain it.
57:40>> Okay.
57:47Okay. So again, this is a homicide.
57:51Okay. And I'll come back and talk to you
57:54real see what we're going to do. I got a
57:56couple of search warrants I got to do.
57:59Once I complete those search warrants,
58:00I'll let you know what's what's going to
58:02happen to you.
58:04Go ahead and detain you. Unless you have
58:06any questions for us. Do you have any
58:07questions for us?
58:08>> We want to sit here all day with no food
58:11and nothing.
58:11>> I'll get you some food. You want some
58:12food? Get some food.
58:14>> I eat breakfast. We
58:16>> What do you want to eat? You want some
58:17cheeseburgers? Is that good?
58:19>> I got a Don't mind me.
58:20>> I'll get you some food. That's all.
58:21>> Is there anything you can't eat?
58:23>> I don't eat pork. Okay. Cheeseburger.
58:26Okay. Price. Okay. We'll get you some
58:28food. We're not I'm not here
58:30>> I'm not really mind worried about I'm
58:32worried about my wife
58:35>> and we're not here to disrespect in any
58:37way. I want to take care of my Okay.
58:40>> Now I am I I have a job to do and I have
58:44to get to the bottom. Okay.
58:48>> I don't think you're being
58:50>> I don't think you're being completely
58:51honest. Go ahead. Hold on. Give me All
58:54all
58:56y'all want is a child to do for the
58:59North. That's all.
59:02>> All
59:04you ever
59:05>> Whatever.
59:08>> How are you trying to be finished?
59:11>> Because they all came out on me.
59:14I was ready to leave.
59:16>> I was leaving.
59:17>> And you were like two steps away from
59:18your
59:19>> Right. And I'm ready to I'm leaving.
59:21>> And nobody a Mr. Dar door. No, dude.
59:25Come out the store and see if I'll beat
59:30your ass right now.
59:32And I'm like, "Okay, well, come on with
59:34it." Why didn't you just leave? If
59:37that's what he said.
59:40You were like 2T away from your door. I
59:43know where you were at because I see how
59:45many where you were at. And guess what
59:47you did?
59:48>> I was leaving.
59:50I was already out of store. Nobody was
59:53there.
59:55All you had to do was let me be.
1:00:00And you could have
1:00:02nobody told you to go back to the door.
1:00:06Nobody told you to come out and provoke
1:00:08a fight cuz you hit a female. So they
1:00:10were they were intervening on that. Yes.
1:00:14And that's on video. But that was way
1:00:18after I slapped the female with it. Then
1:00:21I came back to the car.
1:00:25>> It's not after maybe 10 seconds.
1:00:28I don't know exactly.
1:00:33>> No matter what I say, you going to say
1:00:34something.
1:00:35>> No, I'm just saying I got I got proof.
1:00:39>> Okay. Whatever.
1:00:41>> You know what I'm saying?
1:00:41>> I'm telling you what happened, man. What
1:00:44happened with me? But you're not being
1:00:46honest.
1:00:47>> I'm not being honest
1:00:48>> because you're not telling me that
1:00:49you're the one that have a gun.
1:00:51>> No, I had no
1:00:52>> Okay, then we're going to end it there.
1:00:54Okay. Do you have any other questions
1:00:56for me?
1:00:57>> No.
1:00:59>> Give me a little bit. Get you some food
1:01:01and um we'll be with you as soon as we
1:01:04can. Okay.
1:01:05>> Once I get to determination of what I'm
1:01:07going to do, I'll come and let you know.
1:01:10After the interrogation, the case
1:01:12against Eric Ray Ford moved through the
1:01:14court system without a trial.
1:01:16Prosecutors relied on witness
1:01:17statements. Physical evidence recovered
1:01:20after the shooting and Ford's own
1:01:21admissions during the investigation. The
1:01:24actions captured on surveillance and
1:01:25described by multiple witnesses formed
1:01:27the foundation of the charges. In May
1:01:302024, Ford entered a guilty plea to
1:01:32secondderee murder, aggravated battery
1:01:34with a deadly weapon, and aggravated
1:01:37assault with a deadly weapon. By
1:01:39pleading guilty, he accepted
1:01:40responsibility for the fatal shooting of
1:01:42Michael Uroasti and the injury of an
1:01:44innocent bystander. The plea agreement
1:01:47resolved the case without the need for a
1:01:49jury verdict. In December 2024, a judge
1:01:52sentenced Ford to a total of 26 years in
1:01:55prison, the maximum allowed under the
1:01:57plea. During sentencing, the court heard
1:01:59from the victim's family about the
1:02:00lasting impact of Yurios's death. Ford
1:02:03will spend decades incarcerated for the
1:02:05events that began inside a gas station
1:02:07and ended a young man's life. The legal
1:02:09process has concluded, but the
1:02:11consequences of that night will forever
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