By Mark Vester
Prosecutors have indicted 27-year-old Ocie Harris of Chicago, an associate of Floyd Mayweather Jr., in last August's shooting at a skating rink. Harris will appear on May 4 in a Las Vegas court to face charges involving attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and weapons violations.
On the day of the shooting, the victim Quincey Williams, 24, had words with Mayweather at a skating rink in Las Vegas. Mayweather was upset over some text messages that were sent by Williams.
Williams made allegations that Mayweather threatened his life during the argument. Less than an hour later, an associate of Mayweather, alleged to have been Harris, was standing in the parking lot and fired shots into Williams' vehicle. Nobody was hurt.
Harris was previously arrested in Chicago and freed after posting $7,500 bail on March 6 in Las Vegas. A Las Vegas judge sent him back to jail on Wednesday after increasing his bail to $140,000.
Here is the interesting part. Police have said Mayweather is not a suspect in the shooting, and a prosecutor says Mayweather isn’t named in the indictment. But Harris’ lawyer, Tom Pitaro, doesn't believe the prosecutor. He believes the real target is Mayweather himself and he's accusing the prosecutors of pressing the case against Harris to try to get Mayweather. It's being alleged the prosecutors are taking a hard line with Harris, because their goal is to get Harris to implicate Mayweather in the incident. Mayweather has denied any involvement in the shooting.
