Opinion ID: 161181
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Heading: facts

Text: With respect to the first count of aggravated assault, the government presented evidence that defendant had been having an argument with his sixteen-year old cousin, Wallace Jenkins, when defendant walked toward Wallace with a gun in his hand, tripped Wallace, knocking him to the floor, then stood above him and held a gun to his head. Wallace saw defendant put the gun to his head and covered his head with his arms, but heard defendant cock the weapon and heard a shotgun shell fall out and hit the floor near him. Defendant held the cocked gun to his cousin’s head for a few minutes. Wallace testified that this was not a game, that defendant was angry at him, and that he cried after defendant let him up. As to the second count, the government presented evidence that defendant got into an argument with his sister, Lisa, and knocked her to the ground, then straddled her and pointed a gun towards her head, fired one round from the gun approximately five feet from her head, and attempted to fire a second shot, though the gun failed to fire. Defendant’s shot was within Lisa’s arm-length reach and was close enough to make her ears ring. A witness to this incident testified that Lisa was very upset after this incident. -11- The third count relates to the incident at the Addison home. After shooting out the rear window of the family’s car with a sawed-off 12 gauge shotgun, defendant immediately reloaded his weapon and aimed it up at the Addison’s daughter, Fatima, who was standing in her bedroom window. The government presented evidence that defendant had been in a previous altercation with one of the Addison family members and was angry at the family. Fatima Addison testified she heard a car pull up in the driveway, looked out her window and saw defendant fire the shotgun at the car, heard the car window break, saw him reload the shotgun and aim it at her. She testified she was scared, she “kind of freaked out,” and screamed to her parents. R. Vol. 3 at 95-97. A witness testified defendant did not just swing his weapon in Fatima’s direction, but held the shotgun in both hands and aimed it at her. The witness testified that Fatima dropped below the window and defendant left the scene.