A man, named as Mark Hughes, who was pictured walking through Dallas with what appeared to be an assault rifle, has been released from custody after he turned himself into police when cops made a public appeal and his family said he was an innocent bystander.
Mr Hughes said he was released from police custody after a 30 minute interrogation. The shocked ‘bystander’ told KTVT: 'I can't believe it. The crazy thing about it was I was down here, I couldn't get to my vehicle because of the roadblock and at hindsight 20/20 I could easily have been shot.’
Mr Hughes was unaware that his face was being plastered over the internet as a suspect in the shooting.
'I didn't know. We received a phone call that my face was on there as a suspect and immediately I flagged down a police officer,’ Mr Hughes said.
'I was talking to police laughing and joking with police officers,’ he added.
During his 30 minute interrogation Mr Hughes claimed officers ‘lied’ and said the had video of him shooting and that they had witnesses ‘saying I shot a gun’.
‘At the end of the day the system was trying to get me,’ he claimed.
And thus further proof that cops are just as vengeful and vindictive as anybody else. It just goes to show that some cops didn’t care if they had the perp or an innocent bystander. The cops just wanted some payback and any rube would suffice. To hell with their oath to serve and protect.