D'Monterrio Gibson: Mistrial declared in trial of 2 white men charged with shooting at Black FedEx driver

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Judge David Strong, Jr. declared a mistrial on Thursday in the case involving a father and son charged with attempted

murder for shooting at D'Monterrio Gibson -- a Black FedEx driver in Brookhaven, Mississippi -- the driver's attorney confirmed to ABC News.

The judge's ruling came after a police detective serving as a witness in the case shared information previously undisclosed to the legal teams involved in the trial.

Carlos Moore, Gibson's attorney, told ABC News that the mistrial was declared after the defense requested it.

Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, were each charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and shooting into the vehicle that Gibson was driving on Jan. 24, 2022.

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BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the

case of two white men accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who was making a delivery.

Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, are charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and shooting into the vehicle driven by D’Monterrio Gibson in January 2022. Gibson, now 25, was not injured. But the chase and gunfire led to complaints on social media of racism in Brookhaven, about an hour’s drive south of the state capital, Jackson.

Judge David Strong said he made the mistrial decision because of errors by a Brookhaven Police Department detective. On Wednesday, the judge ended the session early after Detective Vincent Fernando acknowledged under oath while the jury was out of the courtroom that he had not previously given prosecutors or defense attorneys a videotaped statement police had taken from Gibson.

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RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a Black delivery driver are calling for a federal hate crimes probe of

the attempted shooting of the driver in Mississippi, saying it’s another example of Black Americans facing danger simply for going about their daily activities.

The FedEx driver, 24-year-old D’Monterrio Gibson, was not wounded in the Jan. 24 incident. One of his attorneys, Carlos Moore, said Thursday that he believes police are not taking the investigation seriously. Two white men are facing charges, but Moore said the state needs to upgrade those charges to attempted murder.

Moore said Gibson had done nothing wrong before two white men tried to stop him, with one of the men holding a gun.

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