Man charged with manslaughter after shooting person inside his vacant property

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:02]THIS IS KOCO FIVE NEWS AT TEN.

[00:00:05]IT WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU WEREN’T HERE.

[00:00:08]THOSE WORDS, HEARD BY A SHOOTING VICTIM FROM THE GUNMAN.

[00:00:11]ACCORDING TO A NEWLY OBTAINED PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT.

[00:00:14]NEW.

[00:00:14]AT 10:00, THE GUNMAN FACES CHARGES INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.

[00:00:18]I’M JESSICA SCHAMBACH.

[00:00:19]I’M EVAN ONSTOT.

[00:00:20]NOW, THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

[00:00:23]THE COURT DOCUMENT STATES.

[00:00:24]59 YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY SMITH WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE AND HIS DAUGHTER HAD GONE TO A PROPERTY.

[00:00:29]HE OWNS.

[00:00:30]IN NOTES.

[00:00:30]HE WALKED INSIDE ARMED WITH HIS GUN BECAUSE HE TOLD DETECTIVES TRANSIENTS HAD GOTTEN INSIDE.

[00:00:36]IN THE PAST.

[00:00:37]SMITH FOUND THE VICTIM, JUSTIN KING, AND A WOMAN IN A BEDROOM.

[00:00:42]SMITH AND HIS DAUGHTER REPORTEDLY TOLD KING TO LEAVE.

[00:00:46]SMITH SAID THAT KING STEPPED TOWARDS HIM, SO HE FIRED ONE SHOT, STRIKING KING IN THE NECK.

[00:00:51]INVESTIGATORS NOTED THAT SMITH ADMITTED HE DID NOT SEE ANY WE