chairs, his mother and brother by his side. no shotgun in sight. so, the cops turned on a recorder and started asking questions. you asked where are you? yeah. he said he was sleeping off a higher dose of medication for his schizophrenia. i went to bed about 8:30. right after i did. fell right asleep, didn t hear nothing, didn t get up till 11:00. reporter: she says he was still asleep with-the shooting must have happened before dawn. tate s mother cooperated the alibi, although they know mothers can be biassed witnesses. i have was in bed and normally i would have been up, doing guard duty with all the stuff that happened but i m schizophrenic paranoid. he called himself a sergeant major and walked a picket on his property line. ever since his property littered