The defense for a Colorado man accused of shooting a 17-year-old in the face last September plans to put the onus on the weapon used.
“He’s absolutely sorry for what happened. It was a complete mistake. It was an unintentional firing of his weapon,” said defense attorney David Jones. Jones and co-counsel Chris Decker plan to make the case that the weapon used by Brent Metz in a shooting along Pleasant Park Road in Conifer was faulty and misfired. The teen survived.
“The facts as we understand them are he was drawing it from his truck to place it on his hip, as he was turning, the weapon went off,” said Decker…