In Detroit a General Motors retiree who played the lottery for over 40 years gunned down a Southfield liquor store employee because he was mad that he had left a winning ticket on the counter months earlier. Bruce Butler appeared in court charged with murder. Butler’s attorney, Joe Niskar, told the court in his opening statement that Butler would have known better than to try and cash a $1 million winning ticket at a liquor store. Niskar also said the police arrested the wrong man.
Prosecutors say they have evidence that can prove that Butler fatally shot Mike Khmoro in the parking lot of the liquor store on October 6th 2010. Butler is on trial for first degree murder in Oakland County Circuit Court. Police say that Butler intended to shoot Khmoro’s brother, who owned the store, but mistakenly shot Khmoro. Witnesses told police that months before the shooting Butler was mad because he had left a winning lottery ticket on the counter when he went to the store to get beer. The ticket was stolen.
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