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The media messes up again.
http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=7944148&nav=menu612_2_6
By: Dani Carlson
Candles and flowers line the sidewalk in front of the house where Joe Ray Martinez was murdered Wednesday night.
21-year-old Michael Frias was one of the first people to rush to Martinez' aid after the shooting.
"I took off my shirt and tried to apply pressure to the person who was shot," Frias said. "It didn't turn out well, but I did what I could."
Frias says Martinez bled to death in a matter of seconds outside his Visalia home after he was shot by a 13- year-old, neighbors say is his stepson.
"Basically you just see a person in pain, in extreme amounts of pain. You see in the movies it looked exactly like that," Frias said.
But the Visalia Police Department said the boy is not responsible for the murder, rather it was self-defense.
"We're taking the stance that the juvenile was taking steps to prevent additional violence there," said Sgt. Ernie Villa of the Visalia Police Department.
Villa said Martinez had a history of domestically abusing his common law wife; neighbors say was the boy's mother.
"Two weeks ago we went out there on a domestic violence complaint," Villa said. "The female was uncooperative." Villa could not confirm other complaints.
Moments before Martinez was shot, neighbors say Martinez waved a gun at several people outside the home, including his common law wife and her brother.
Villa said Martinez also hit his common law wife over the head with the gun, which prompted the boy to shoot him.
"Even though Mr. Martinez was the victim of the shooting, Martinez was the primary aggressor if he had not been there I don't think this would have happened," said Villa.
The Visalia Police Department will now send the case to the district attorney's office, and they will decide whether or not to file charges against the boy.
Villa said this incident should serve as a warning to other victims of domestic violence. He said they should report and follow through on domestic violence complaints, because many times those complaints turn into violent situations.
http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=7944148&nav=menu612_2_6
By: Dani Carlson
Candles and flowers line the sidewalk in front of the house where Joe Ray Martinez was murdered Wednesday night.
21-year-old Michael Frias was one of the first people to rush to Martinez' aid after the shooting.
"I took off my shirt and tried to apply pressure to the person who was shot," Frias said. "It didn't turn out well, but I did what I could."
Frias says Martinez bled to death in a matter of seconds outside his Visalia home after he was shot by a 13- year-old, neighbors say is his stepson.
"Basically you just see a person in pain, in extreme amounts of pain. You see in the movies it looked exactly like that," Frias said.
But the Visalia Police Department said the boy is not responsible for the murder, rather it was self-defense.
"We're taking the stance that the juvenile was taking steps to prevent additional violence there," said Sgt. Ernie Villa of the Visalia Police Department.
Villa said Martinez had a history of domestically abusing his common law wife; neighbors say was the boy's mother.
"Two weeks ago we went out there on a domestic violence complaint," Villa said. "The female was uncooperative." Villa could not confirm other complaints.
Moments before Martinez was shot, neighbors say Martinez waved a gun at several people outside the home, including his common law wife and her brother.
Villa said Martinez also hit his common law wife over the head with the gun, which prompted the boy to shoot him.
"Even though Mr. Martinez was the victim of the shooting, Martinez was the primary aggressor if he had not been there I don't think this would have happened," said Villa.
The Visalia Police Department will now send the case to the district attorney's office, and they will decide whether or not to file charges against the boy.
Villa said this incident should serve as a warning to other victims of domestic violence. He said they should report and follow through on domestic violence complaints, because many times those complaints turn into violent situations.