A Winston-Salem teenager appeared in court Wednesday on murder charges for her alleged involvement in a San Diego mosque shooting.
Sarah Santiago, 17, was arrested at the end of August. The indictments allege she recorded a livestream of the attack that killed three people in May and disseminated the killers’ manifesto.
But in court, Santiago’s lawyer, Alan Doorasamy, argued that the indictments against her shouldn’t have happened without evidence in hand. And so far, he says he hasn’t received any.
The prosecutor, Matthew Breeding, said the delay has to do with the number of agencies involved, including the FBI and San Diego police. He says he expects to have a roughly 100-page summary, with redactions, in the next week or so. The rest, which he says will include hundreds of documents and digital evidence, will take longer.
Breeding even said it sounded like the defense has more information than he does at this point — Doorasamy made a new claim in court that Santiago called law enforcement on the day of the attack.
The judge ordered the prosecution to provide the defense with any evidence it has within the next week, and to answer Doorasamy’s more specific questions about the indictments within 60 days.