“Intentionally doing an act and intending to kill are two entirely different things,” Stone said Tuesday in his opening statement. Allen said Gaul used a gun he had stolen from his grandfather and shot Walker in the back of her head, behind her left ear. Stone says Gaul wasn’t trying to kill Walker, and instead fired the shot in a misguided attempt at “coming to her rescue, being her hero.”“(First-degree murder) requires an intent to kill,” Stone said. The shooting capped a weekend full of unusual events surrounding Gaul and Walker, who had broken up by this point. Stone said Gaul wasn’t the man knocking on her door, and he noted another fact both sides agree on — that Walker contacted Gaul that day.

Source: National Post May 01, 2018 20:51 UTC