Speaking to Fox 13, Reeves said in the days since his acquittal, he has found a new lease of life having attending his daughter's wedding the following day and getting his granddaughter to help him remove his ankle bracelet. It was a very emotional time, not just for me but for my whole family,' Reeves said. 'I had the appropriate size screwdriver to get that ankle monitor off of my ankle, so we went to my daughter's house and my granddaughter took it off for me. The bracelet meant he has spent most of the last eight years on house arrest.
This photo released by the attorney's office shows Curtis Reeves handcuffed in the movie theater where he shot Chad Oulson in 2014 And with the explosive behavior, both verbally and physically, there was absolutely no alternative to that.' 'I've never been faced with someone that far out of control or that much rage at one particular time. 'If I had, there's a good chance I wouldn't be here today.' 'I I just went to a movie with my wife and that's all I intended. 'I wish that none of this would have happened at all, but I don't feel like an instigator,' Reeves said. Speaking on ABC Nightline on Tuesday night, Reeves, a former SWAT commander, said that he wished the fight had not taken place but believes he had no choice but to respond with deadly force. Reeves was able to argue self-defense under the state's Stand Your Ground law, which allows for the use of deadly force in the face of mortal danger or fear of serious injury.
A retired Florida cop who shot dead a fellow moviegoer in 2014 and who was acquitted of the charges has defended the decisions he made against what he says was a 'vicious attack.'Ĭurtis Reeves, 79, a former Tampa police captain, was found not guilty of second-degree murder after fatally shooting Chad Oulson, 43, while in a movie theater in 2014.
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