"Did he really feel threatened?"

The Daily Crime

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True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Three years after the shooting death of 22-year-old Rachael Wierzbicki, the man who pulled the trigger faced a jury last month in a trial that hinged on claims of self-defense. WGRZ Reporter Heather Ly shares what happened in 2018 and how the trial played out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.2	He was actually carrying the gun, as she put it like a cane, with his hand over the end of the barrel.
0:07.1	Was that going to be a sticking point with jurors?
0:09.4	The way he was carrying the gun, did he really feel threatened?
0:13.5	For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.
0:15.8	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:27.3	Three years ago, this month,
0:29.3	22-year-old Rachel Wearsbicki was shot and killed by a man with whom she'd been in a relationship.
0:33.3	The person charged with pulling the trigger,
0:35.4	her ex-boyfriend, Shane Casado.
0:37.5	According to court documents, the two had been fighting over their recent breakup.
0:41.7	Last month, that man who admitted to pulling the trigger faced a jury.
0:46.0	The defense started off by saying, this is not an easy case.
0:49.8	They claimed that Casado, who was 24 at the time, acted negligently and made a mistake. They detail the
0:55.9	victim's alleged violent episodes with him and in previous relationships. Meanwhile, prosecutors
1:01.4	painted a different picture for jurors. They claim Casado intentionally killed Rachel and that
1:05.8	any claims he was in fear of his life are false.
1:16.7	Heather Lee is a reporter and anchor with WGRZ in Buffalo.
1:19.0	Heather, introduce us to this case.
1:20.5	Who was Rachel Wearsbicki?
1:23.5	And what happened back in November of 2018?
1:33.1	So Rachel Weersbicki was a young woman who was shot and killed and really is at the center of this court case that, again, stretched about three years.
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