Attorney of Officer Accused in Night Trips Shooting Says Client Didn't Fire Gun

By Jon Jordan, NEWS 9

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The attorney of a police officer accused of pulling the trigger in a drive-by shooting said her client is innocent regardless of what the District Attorney has said.

Pattye High is the attorney for Sergeant Diron Carter who is accused of firing a shot at a crowd of people outside of Night Trips Club on June 16.

High said her client did not fire a shot that night and that Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater's words are ruining her client. Prater was quoted calling Carter and Officer Michael McKethan, who has also been charged in the incident, "gangbangers"

She said that has unfairly labeled Carter as a criminal.

"I think it's unfortunate that people would go on TV and call someone who they charged but who has not been proving to do anything wrong a ‘gangbanger,'" High said.

But according to the probable cause affidavit, Carter admitted to firing a shot outside of Night Trips Club.

The report states Carter called the incident an "accidental shooting," something Carter's attorney said is by no means an admission of guilt.

"He categorically and unequivocally denies that he did what he is charged with," High said.

But while High said her client is innocent, she also said she has yet to get any of the documents about the case from the District Attorney's office.

"If they are so certain my client did these acts, why won't they provide the information to him and to me so we can start the process of evaluating this case?" High said.

High said she thinks the case has been a witch hunt to destroy her client.

"In this country we are presumed innocent until we're proving guilty regardless of what people say in press conferences," High said.

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