Laser scanner helps the police to create fatal Doordash shooting

Cedar Rapids -The investigators of the police showed a jury on Friday 3D lasers scanner videos and numerous diagrams to determine how a Doordash driver, his customer and the brother of the customer in 2023 got into a fatal shootout in the parking lot of a northeast -cedar Rapids apartment.

Cedar Rapids Sgt. Sean Kinkead, at the time of the shootout on October 5, 2023, an investigator of the crime scene said in a murder process that began this week that he used evidence of crime scene and a surveillance video to show who and where the balls traveled. The scannerv videos showed the actions and movements of the men with color -coded initials above the heads of the blurry or white shadows, which were shown in the surveillance video.

The recovery of the crime scene showed that Myron Snyder (21) of Maurice Brown's apartment in the Pointe Apartments, 3960 Sherman St. Ne, provided a doordash medal. When he came out, Brown, who ordered the food, became court with his brother Cameron Armad Leonard (26) from Cedar Rapids, who is on trial because of fatally shot by Snyder.

In addition to a first -degree murder accusation, Leonard is also charged with a dangerous weapon that armed on purpose, used a dangerous weapon in the inspection of a crime and is a person who is not justified to wear a dangerous weapon.

The public prosecutor continues its case on Monday. The trial version can complete Wednesday or Thursday.

A prosecutor this week told the jury that Snyder “attacked and surrounded and surrounded” by Leonard and Brown and Braun was fatally shot-by Leonard.

Brown and Snyder come into a fight in the video shown on Friday. When Snyder got into his car and started to support himself, Brown shot his car three times. Leonard, also armed, approached Snyder's car with an extended arm, said Kinkead.

A third man, Pierre Morrow, appeared with Brown and Leonard – his stepshons. Morrow, also accused in this case, stayed in the parking lot around Snyder's car near her when shots were fired. The video also showed that he drove his car through the crime scene to another parking lot, then stood nearby and watched.

After Brown had fired three shots on the car of the front snyder, he went to the driver's side and exchanged fire with snyder while Snyder stayed in the car. Leonard stood in front of the car with a pulled weapon.

After Brown was hit, he fell to the ground. Leonard went near the driver's side and started shooting. Snyder shot back, said Kinkead.

Leonard began to move to the back of the car. He shot through the rear windshield several times and hit Snyder's car seat, said Kinkead.

At that time Snyder got out of the car and went to the ground and shot out of the bumper or suitcase in Leonard, who was still behind the car. Leonard returned shots and then crouched down to redesign his weapon.

The video showed that Leonard walked in front of the car in front of the car, and then he was seen on the driver's side on the floor, feet from Brown and Snyder.

According to earlier statements, Brown and Snyder died of their firing injuries. Leonard was injured.

Kinkead also showed the jurors the positions and movements of the men in another video in which colored mannequins were shown. The recovery had objects such as cars and trees shown in the surveillance video, said Kinkead in order to better convince men's movements.

Kinkead said he had to use assumptions from the general area of ​​men's positions due to the perspective of the surveillance video when they were on the driver's side of the car. He also took into account at the height of every man to show the place of shots based on pitchers that showed the firing damage to the car.

At cross -test, Kinkead said that he intentionally did not use any interviews by witnesses because they can be subjective and this recovery was based on evidence of the crime scene.

In earlier certificates, Jared Gienger, also an investigator of the crime scene, said about the shots of Snyder's car and identified photos of the numerous holes or damage, in which trajectoral polishes kinnead helped to create the crime scene with the 3D scanner.

Earlier evidence showed that Snyder fired 11 shots and Leonard 13.

The investigator Christopher Carton said Leonard gunshot wounds on the arms, legs and upper body. He had an entrance and an starting wound on his right arm of possibly a ball and an input and output wound on the left thigh from a ball. Leonard also had a wound to his left forearm, which was probably a gunshot wound and another on his left biceps. Leonard also had two gunshot wounds on the left side of his torso, said Carton.

Carton was also involved in a search for Brown's apartment that restored a box with 9 mm ammunition and .38-Cal. Special ammunition that was usually used in a revolver – which Brown shot on Snyder that night.

Christopher Christy, also an investigator, said he and other investigators searched for Leonard's weapon, which was taken from the scene. They went to an apartment in Park Town Lane and passed a man in the hallway who told them he had what they wanted. They found the missing weapon, a black Taurus 9 mm, in a handkerchief or in his apartment in his apartment.

Christy could not remember the name of the resident, but according to previous statements, Morrow took the gun and hid it to the police.

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