Father of Saints’ Will Smith defends his son from shooters allegations

The father of slain former NFL star Will Smith is speaking out and is defending his son. The grieving Will Smith Sr. said, “My son may have gotten out of his car with a big mouth, but he did not get out with a gun.” The suspect’s lawyer claims Hayes was acting in self-defense. The Smith family lawyer, Peter Thomson, says the football star did not provoke the shooting. Thomson said that there are “lies and factual distortions of what occurred that night that have been perpetuated by the killer.”