{"id":62645,"date":"2015-04-17T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T06:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=62645"},"modified":"2015-04-20T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T23:11:32","slug":"man-ordered-to-trial-in-lancaster-bow-and-arrow-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/04\/17\/man-ordered-to-trial-in-lancaster-bow-and-arrow-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Man ordered to trial in Lancaster bow and arrow killing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Garrett Adams and Charles Briggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A man ran down the street screaming after being shot with a bow and arrow outside a Lancaster home, and then his assailant went to the house next door and said, \u201cThis nig**r went in my house and I shot him,\u201d according to testimony at a court hearing Friday.<\/p>\n

The testimony came during a probable cause hearing, after which Garrett Taylor Adams<\/strong> was ordered to trial for murder with an allegation that he used a compound bow in the killing of Charles Briggs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s detectives said Briggs, 27, was killed around 3:27 a.m. Aug. 23, 2014, after he tried to intervene in a boyfriend-girlfriend argument in the 43000 block of 27th Street West in Lancaster.<\/p>\n

During the probable cause hearing for Garrett Adams, which started Thursday and ended Friday, five witnesses testified.<\/p>\n

Garrett Adams\u2019 next door neighbor, Margarita Quintero, testified that she woke up around 3:30 a.m. Aug. 23 to someone pounding on her door. She said it was a \u201creally hyper\u201d Garrett Adams, who \u201cbegged\u201d her several times to call police and at some point used \u201cthe n-word.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018This nig**r went in my house and I shot him,\u2019\u201d Quintero testified, when pressed to specify exactly what Garrett Adams told her.<\/p>\n

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The incident occurred Aug. 23, 2014 outside a home in the 43000 block of 27th Street West in Lancaster. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three witnesses testified about seeing Garrett Adams shoot Briggs with a bow and arrow \u2013 Garrett Adams\u2019 girlfriend, Bernadette Marquez, his fraternal twin brother, Cameron Adams, and a bystander, Justin Kekauoha. All gave conflicting accounts of the sequence of events.<\/p>\n

Bernadette Marquez said she and Garrett Adams had gotten into an argument inside his home in the hours before the incident. When questioned on specific details of that altercation, Marquez repeatedly said she couldn\u2019t recall. When shown a transcript of statements she allegedly made during a prior recorded interview with detectives, Marquez said she didn\u2019t remember telling detectives that Garrett Adams threw a table at her or that he slapped her, leaving her with a bruised lip.<\/p>\n

She said Garrett Adams had been drinking that night, and he \u201cdidn\u2019t seem like himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the early morning hours of Aug. 23, Cameron Adams came to the home with Charles Briggs, according to Marquez\u2019s testimony. She said Cameron Adams was able to \u201cdiffuse the fight\u201d between her and Garrett Adams, and she wasn\u2019t sure why Briggs was there.<\/p>\n

Marquez said she spoke with Briggs outside the home and he asked her if her boyfriend had hurt her. She said she could not recall how it started, but Charles Briggs and Garrett Adams ended up in a fight. Marquez testified that the fight \u201cwent on for a while\u201d and moved from inside to outside the home, as Cameron Adams tried to \u201cpull them off each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the fight eventually ended with no winner, and Cameron Adams and Briggs were talking in the front yard when Garrett Adams came outside with a hunting bow and arrow. Marquez said Cameron Adams got in between the two men, but Garrett Adams told his twin brother to move out of the way.<\/p>\n

Marquez said she saw Garrett Adams point the bow and arrow and shoot Charles Briggs.<\/p>\n

Testifying Friday, Cameron Adams gave a different account of the sequence of events.<\/p>\n

Cameron Adams said he and his friend, Charles Briggs, left a barbecue together to get some cigarettes from a 7-Eleven during the early morning hours of Aug. 23. After stopping at the store, Cameron Adams said he went to his brother\u2019s house to pick him up, and he told Charles Briggs to wait in the car. Cameron Adams testified that Charles Briggs entered the home uninvited and \u201ccame after my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018Why you beating on your girl?\u2019\u201d Cameron Adams testified.<\/p>\n

According to Cameron Adam\u2019s testimony, Charles Briggs began fighting Garrett Adams and he put him on his back and began choking him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought my brother was about to be killed,\u201d Cameron Adams testified.<\/p>\n

Cameron Adams said he was struck in the face as he tried to pull Charles Briggs off his brother, and he, too, got into the fight.<\/p>\n

The fight moved from inside to outside, and then Garrett Adams armed himself with a bow and arrow, according to Cameron Adams.<\/p>\n

Cameron Adams said he stood between the two men and begged Charles Briggs to leave but \u201che was coming, like, violently towards Garrett.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron Adams testified that \u201cthe bow just, like, went off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt almost struck me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A bystander to the incident testified Friday and gave yet a different account of the sequence of events.<\/p>\n

Justin Kekauoha testified that he was attending a party in a nearby backyard when he heard a commotion and went to see what was going on. Kekauoha said he was standing about 40 to 50 feet away, and he saw four individuals, whom he identified as two white guys, a black guy and a white female. The men were \u201cyelling back and forth,\u201d and one of the white males had a weapon while the other white male appeared to be trying to calm both men down, Kekauoha testified.<\/p>\n

According to Kekauoha\u2019s testimony, the white male pointed his weapon and the black male said, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m done,\u201d and began walking backward.<\/p>\n

The white male with the weapon looked like he was about to walk away, but then he shot the black male with the bow and arrow, according to Kekauoha\u2019s testimony. Immediately after, the man with the bow and arrow said, \u201cThat\u2019s what you get, homie,\u201d Kekauoha testified.<\/p>\n

Kekauoha said he pulled out his phone and began recording as the black man ran down the street screaming for help.<\/p>\n

The cellphone recording was played during the preliminary hearing Thursday, and a man\u2019s voice could be heard screaming.<\/p>\n

The black male ran down 27th<\/sup> Street West toward K-8 screaming, \u201cHelp! Somebody, help me!\u2019\u201d Kekauoha testified.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Kenneth Clark of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department\u2019s Homicide Bureau testified that he attended the autopsy of Charles Briggs and spoke to the county coroner.<\/p>\n

Briggs died from \u201cpenetrating wounds\u201d and his death was ruled a homicide, Clark testified.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the two-day court hearing, Garrett Adams was held to answer to one count of murder and multiple domestic violence charges related to his girlfriend, Bernadette Marquez.<\/p>\n

He was remanded back to custody on $1 million bail. Garrett Adams is due back in court May 4 for a second arraignment.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Man pleads not guilty in Lancaster bow and arrow killing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Loved ones remember man slain with bow and arrow<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Lancaster man charged with bow-and-arrow murder<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Man killed in bow and arrow attack ID\u2019d, suspect arrested<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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