Mr. Smith. Yes; I had been down in the basement. We were running some microphone cords, you see. I know this adds up to an awful long story how we move around so much, and it doesn’t make sense to you, I am sure, but sometime during the morning Chief of Police Curry had told us that we would not be allowed to go through the double doors that separate the underground parking area from the underground office area. It is a double door there adjacent to the elevator opening, and he had told us that we would not be allowed beyond that door for any reason, but that he would give us a good place to put a camera and a microphone if we wouldn’t interfere with his passageway from there on out to the parking lot.
So we had gotten permission to set this camera up right next to that door, and we were the first camera in line there, and we were going to run two microphones in there. That was the plan at that time, in case they should allow an interview. We had hoped that they might, which later didn’t work, but in the running of this microphone, this microphone went through the downstairs door into the office area. They didn’t go down the ramp or anywhere near the parking area, but in running the microphones and in helping the Walker crew check out the mikes and all coming back to the truck is when I had seen this man standing over there to the left.
Mr. Hubert. It was to your left as you came out of the Commerce Street ramp?
Mr. Smith. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. How close did you get to him then?
Mr. Smith. It was even further than before. It was all the way; well, the length of our truck is 20 some odd feet, and it was a couple of car lengths more; so I was 40 or 50 feet.
Mr. Hubert. You mean he was a couple of car lengths beyond the entrance, the Commerce Street exit, rather?
Mr. Smith. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Perhaps I misunderstood you. Did you see him immediately as you came out of the Commerce Street ramp exit, or when you got back to the truck?
Mr. Smith. Now I didn’t come up the ramp. I came up the steps.