A security guard testified Friday that he saw another security guard shoot a gun just outside a Dothan nightclub on the same night another man was shot to death.
Dewayne McNealy testified how he saw 30-year-old Travarius Dewaunkalis Daniel fire a gun after a fight outside club Primetime.
Dothan police investigators arrested Daniel on Jan. 24 and charged him with murder. Police charged Daniel with shooting 26-year-old Anthony Jerome Robinson to death two days earlier outside the nightclub located on East Powell Street.
After hearing extensive testimony, Houston County District Court Judge Benjamin Lewis said he found “substantial” evidence to bind the murder case filed against Daniel over to a grand jury to consider for indictment.
“I seen Daniel with a weapon,” McNealy said.
During cross examination by attorney Billy Joe Sheffield II, who represented Daniel, McNealy said at some point that evening Daniel threw someone out of the club. But a few seconds later four to five people “jumped” Daniel just outside the club.
“He was handling his own,” McNealy said of Daniel.
But he said soon the fight involving Daniel and four or five others spiraled into three separate fights involving as many as 15 people just outside the nightclub.
McNealy said he tried to break up the fight, and then saw Daniel fire a gun into the air.
“I said I heard the shooting, but didn’t see it,” McNealy said.
McNealy said he heard four gunshots, but didn’t actually see anyone shoot Robinson.
But during questioning by District Attorney Doug Valeska, Daniel confirmed the only person he saw fire a gun that night was Daniel.
Sheffield has said his client was working security that night for the promotional company hired by the club. McNealy said he worked security for the club.
Sheffield asked the court to consider a bail reduction if it planned to bind the case over to a grand jury.
“Nobody saw anybody shoot the victim,” Sheffield said. “I barely think there’s probable cause due to inconsistencies.”
Sheffield said his client would be willing to wear an ankle monitor, and asked for his client’s bail be reduced to $150,000.
Valeska argued for the bail to remain at $500,000.
“He is the only one amongst all these people that had a weapon,” Valeska said. “Sure it’s circumstantial, but it’s a probable cause hearing.”
Lewis ordered Daniel remain held on the same $500,000 bail.
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