On Monday, 7News told you about 33 year-old Peter Castillo, the man who survived being shot in the calf, shoulder and jaw on Saturday. Well, police have been investigating the report, and they believe that they have the man who was the shooter.
The problem is that his family is saying that they have it all wrong because Kareem the accused, Gillett was at home with his girlfriend at the time of that shooting.
Moreover, they say, police abused him when they detained him for a separate incident on Monday:
Yvette Tillett - Claim Brutality/Wrongful Imprisonment Against Her Son
"Well Monday when I was at my house I saw my son across the street talking to two BDF and when I saw how they were behaving I said 'hey' and I ran across the street and they told me that my son was being upstart to them. I called the police to deal with him they had already taken him and put him in the vehicle and asked him if it was a ride he wanted then they told him 'let's go'. When I went to Raccoon Station they sent me to Euphrates because I was going there to find out what happened with my son when I saw my daughter in law was going through the door and then I saw my son and he was wet. I asked him what is it that they did to him and he told me that they beat him up and 'chance' him. They released him on Monday night. They held him like an hour and ten minutes then we went home. This morning they came and they told me that they came for Kareem and they told me that they are going to charge my son for attempted murder. I told them my son didn't do anything he was with his girlfriend."
Daniel Ortiz
"How can you vouch that he was where he was when this incident happened?"
Yvette Tillett
"This is his girlfriend right here with me - she said he was at home with her. Not only her, but her uncle and her mother could say that he was at home at that time when the incident happened."
Daniel Ortiz
"So you're saying that police are compounding this brutality with a charge that they can't substantiate?"
Yvette Tillett
"Right, that is what they're doing because my son didn't do that but like I told you we have to arrive at court to be able to talk out of it. When they are arresting you you can't say 'no my son didn't do it' - we have to get to court first. I really didn't want my son to go to jail again."
According to the family, the police plan to charge and arraign him tomorrow for that shooting.
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