FORT WORTH, Texas – The attorney representing the man who was shot by an off-duty Fort Worth police officer laid out his client’s version of events on Tuesday.
Those events are very different from those described by Officer William Martin, who has since been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Martin says he was driving home from work on Sept. 3 when he was hit by Samuel Christopher’s car.
Christopher’s attorney Doug Hafer claims his client did not know he hit Martin, but did notice the off-duty officer in his personal vehicle cut in front of him on 35W.
“Officer Martin got out of his vehicle and he immediately advanced toward the driver side of Mr. Christopher‘s vehicle while pointing a weapon at him. Officer Martin did not display a badge or otherwise identify himself as a law enforcement officer. There was no way for Samuel Christopher to know the person pointing the weapon at him was …