left shoulder where the bullet went in and out and under the left arm, went out my back and also grazed my underarm. finally, after what seems an eternity, strier is out of bullets. he puts the gun in his jacket pocket and nonchalantly walks away. he did not break strike. he just came right up to me, coxed his head, he deserves what he got and started walking. he just started walking. that s when i was crying on the phone saying, my god, he needs a paramedic right away. a bloody and bewildered curry stumbles out from behind the tree and collapses on to the concrete sidewalk. sonny kang is already on the phone with 911. strier takes one look back at the wounded attorney. seconds later, witness and reserve deputy sheriff david katz tackles strier from behind. a couple other people at that point had jumped on with me and i was able to get his left arm behind after and i just held his arms behind his back until another deputy came in. get down!
i went behind the tree. i was very scared as he approached me with the gun outstretched. at first, witnesses don t know what s going on. some think a movie is filming. maybe it s fireworks or a crazy prank. sonny kang is on a pay phone nearby. i heard the loud noise and turned around real quick and the first thing i see is the older guy with a gun in his hand. i was going to run too, but for some reason, my foot wouldn t move. i was shocked. like, oh, my god. the gunman is 64-year-old william strier. he s angry because he says curry is one of the people responsible for withholding his money from a trust fund. calmly, strier continues to shoot from one side of the tree to the other with curry bobbing and weaving from side to side. and he was just like a rabbit, just left and right, left and right. as soon as you heard a pop, he was moving. he hit me in the right forearm and he hit me on the
face down on the ground, strier is handcuffed. police discover a second gun in his pants pocket. let s bring him straight to the lockup. meanwhile, gerald curry lies on the concrete with five bullets in him. paramedics are on the way. they ll check you out, okay? curry is rushed to the hospital and thanks to the tiny tree and his quick thinking, he survives. he is an extremely fortunate gentleman. dr. charles dang is an emergency physician who examines curry. the first bullet, lodged in his neck, is only fractions of an inch away from his spinal cord. this one bullet could have paralyzed or killed him in an instant. there aren t too many people that get shot that many times and live to tell about it. because of strier s poor health and mental state, his trial is delayed for years. and i want to make a statement. in 2006, he s in court, lying on a hospital gurney because of
a back injury from years ago. he complains to the judge that he wants to fire his attorney. i want to file an objection. you are forcing me to have this attorney. i was on solitary confinement for over two years. i am being beaten up there. i am being tortured up there. the judge listens to strier for more than 20 minutes and then cuts him off. i ve heard enough. the sentencing is on. i ve heard enough. months later, the judge and strier face off again in the courthouse. but i have a right to make these statements. okay. deputy, let s take him out. the judge orders him out of the courtroom and sentences him. the defendant is sentenced to life in prison. william strier is convicted of premeditated attempted murder with the use of a firearm. he s sentenced to life plus an additional 25 years in prison, where he dies in 2007.
face down on the ground, strier is handcuffed. police discover a second gun in his pants pocket. let s bring him straight to the lockup. meanwhile, gerald curry lies on the concrete with five bullets in him. paramedics are on the way. they ll check you out, okay? curry is rushed to the hospital and thanks to the tiny tree and his quick thinking, he survives. he is an extremely fortunate gentleman. dr. charles dang is an emergency physician who examines curry. the first bullet, lodged in his neck, is only fractions of an inch away from his spinal cord. this one bullet could have paralyzed or killed him in an instant. there aren t too many people that get shot that many times and live to tell about it. because of strier s poor health and mental state, his trial is delayed for years. and i want to make a statement. in 2006, he s in court, lying on a hospital gurney because of