Argument over Riverside parking space escalates ; One person an off-duty policeman, the other trying to get official report
By Andrew Pantazi | |
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Five times they tried to pull into a spot, and someone else got there first. Seeing another spot, Study hopped from the car to hold the spot.
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Study said he told Morgan he was holding the spot for his family. Morgan backed into the spot anyway, and he heard Study bang on the car's trunk.
Study says Morgan hit him with the car. He says Morgan shouted at him that no one was going to be holding any parking spot.
Morgan says he saw Study move out of the parking spot before he backed in.
Study says he didn't, and that's why he slammed on the car trunk.
Study said after he slammed on the trunk, Morgan pulled a gun.
Study said he shouted, "Oh, you've got a gun," and "There's no reason to act ignorant about this. You can have the parking spot."
Morgan denied pulling the gun in the police report. He said the gun was sitting on top of his backpack in the car. Morgan put the gun into a backpack, took it out of the car and took it over to his wife's car in a different parking spot by the time police arrived.
Morgan, according to the report, didn't hear "ignorant" but a derogatory racial slur. He told investigators he asked Study what he said.
Study says Morgan shouted, "Call me an - - one more time," and Study says he clarified that he had said "ignorant."
Study said he had no idea Morgan was an off-duty police officer, but when a
Ultimately, Study said, the situation involves a he-said, she- said debate about the gun.
Study says he went public with the issue this week because he's frustrated he can't get a report from police about the incident.
But Study said police didn't investigate whether Morgan hit him with a car. He said he is trying to get some final report about whether the
Fuster said that's not true. He told police he didn't see a gun, but he didn't say he didn't see anything.
Fuster said he saw his future son-in-law get bumped with the car.
Morgan is a 23-year veteran of the
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