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A prosecutor is telling a New Orleans jury that former Saints star Will Smith was ''executed'' in April by a man who shot him eight times and wounded his wife. Jason Napoli (NAP'-oh-lee) made the assertion as closing arguments began Sunday morning in the trial of 29-year-old Cardell Hayes. Hayes is charged with second-degree murder for shooting Smith during a confrontation over an April 9 car crash. Continue to Article

December 11, 2016 10:47:am EST

A jury could begin deliberating Sunday in the fatal shooting of New Orleans Saints star Will Smith. Closing arguments are expected in the trial of 29-year-old Cardell Hayes, who would face a mandatory life sentence if convicted of second-degree murder. Hayes fatally shot the former NFL player in April following a collision between his Hummer and Smith's SUV. Continue to Article

December 11, 2016 3:10:am EST

The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith insisted Saturday that he did so only after a drunken, irate Smith retrieved a gun from his damaged SUV following an April 9 car crash. ''I knew for a fact that I was going to get shot,'' Cardell Hayes, 29, told the jury in his second-degree murder trial, adding that he heard a pop that he believed to be a gunshot before he fired. Hayes also insisted he didn't shoot Smith's wife Racquel that night. Continue to Article

December 10, 2016 5:44:pm EST

The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith insisted Saturday that he did so only after a drunken, irate Smith retrieved a gun from his damaged SUV following an April 9 car crash. ''I knew for a fact that I was going to get shot,'' Cardell Hayes, 29, told the jury in his second-degree murder trial, adding that he heard a pop that he believed to be a gunshot before he fired. Hayes also insisted he didn't shoot Smith's wife Racquel that night, despite prosecutors' saying ballistics evidence shows otherwise. Continue to Article

December 10, 2016 3:21:pm EST

The man who shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith has taken the witness stand at his second-degree murder trial. Twenty-nine-year-old Cardell Hayes is expected to make the case Saturday that he killed Smith because he feared for his life following a heated confrontation after an April 9 car crash. With Smith's widow, who was shot that in the legs that night, looking on, Hayes began his testimony by recounting his history as a high school, college and semi-pro football player. Continue to Article

December 10, 2016 12:48:pm EST