Alfredo Simon's Agent: Witnesses Will Say Pitcher Didn't Fire Fatal Shot

by FanHouse Staff

Filed under: Orioles, MLB Police Blotter

Phil Isaac, an agent for Alfredo Simon, told the Baltimore Sun Monday that several witnesses in the Dominican Republic are prepared to testify that the Orioles pitcher could not have fired the fatal shot that killed his 25-year-old cousin Michael Esteban Castillo Almonte.

Simon is likely to face involuntary manslaughter charges in the Dominican for a shooting early New Year's Day which killed Almonte and also resulted in the wounding of Almonte's 17-year-old half-brother, Starlin Castillo Hernandez, in the coastal town of Luperon, and he could face up to two years in prison if convicted.

"There are a few witnesses that will come forward that we have spoken to and that the attorneys have spoken to that will testify -- if it comes to that -- that under no circumstances whatsoever could Alfredo have fired the fatal shot," Isaac told the Sun.

 

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