Lawyer for Alex Murdaugh’s alleged shooter calls Murdaugh a ‘drug addict,’ says roadside incident was a ‘setup’

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Lawyer for Alex Murdaugh’s alleged shooter calls Murdaugh a ‘drug addict,’ says roadside incident was a ‘setup’
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The attorney for Curtis Smith said in an exclusive interview on TODAY that his client did not shoot Alex Murdaugh and is being 'set up by a drug addict.'

"And he’s standing like this. He said, 'You gonna shoot me?' I said, 'No,'" Smith said."He said, 'Well, you've got to do it.' And he made this move like this, and I just grabbed his arm.Smith said he was"1,000%" sure that the bullet did not hit either of them.

The attorneys for Murdaugh allege Smith took advantage of Murdaugh as he was in the grips of an opioid addiction and grieving the unsolved murders of his wife and 22-year-old son in June. The alleged shooting involving Smith occurred one day after Murdaugh resigned from his law firm amid accusations of financial misconduct that are now being investigated.Jim Griffin, another attorney for Murdaugh, told Fox Carolina News on Wednesday that Murdaugh is a person of interest in the shooting deaths of his wife and son, whose bodies were found near dog kennels on the family’s hunting property in Colleton County.

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