Cardell Hayes, the man who shot and killed former NFL player Will Smith after a road-rage incident in early 2016, received a 25 year sentence for manslaughter from a Louisiana judge on Thursday. However, in the judgment of Smith’s widow, Racquel Smith, the punishment doesn’t go far enough.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12 (UPI) — A New Orleans jury found Cardell Hayes guilty on Sunday night in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith.
Former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith’s blood-alcohol content was three times the legal limit on the night he was shot, according to sources quoted by NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune.
On Tuesday police discovered a loaded semiautomatic handgun in the car of deceased New Orleans Saints player Will Smith.
Speaking in the wake of the murder of former New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Will Smith, head coach Sean Payton labeled private gun ownership “madness.”
The former New Orleans Saints player killed Saturday night just happened to have just been dining with a policeman previously sued by his alleged murderer.
Arizona Cardinals defensive back Tyrann Mathieu, who grew up with the man accused of killing former New Orleans Saint Will Smith, calls alleged killer Cardell Hayes a “hating ass coward.”
Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed Saturday in what appeared to be a road rage incident that has shocked fans of the much-loved athlete.