abbas ali

Abbas Ali is being questioned by Officer Tom Serrano. Abbas witnessed Abdullah Waleed murder someone with a hammer at the hospital, then got on a motorcycle with him and went to a supermarket. They were stopped by law enforcement and Abdullah fled. Abbas did not report the murder and got on the bike because Abdullah was his friend. The current date is April 7, 1970. Abbas is from Baghdad, Iraq. All right, Mr. Early. My name is Officer Tom Serrano. I want to advise you of your rights first and foremost. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. And you have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you by the state, free of charge. Do you understand these rights as I've read them to you? Yes. Okay. First, I want you to state your name. My name is Abbas Ali. And that is spelled A-B-B-A-S-A-L-I? A-L-I, yeah. Okay. And your date of birth? One thousand nine hundred seventy. And what month and day? The month four. The day seven. Four seven nineteen seventy. And where are you from? I'm from Iraq. What city in Iraq? Baghdad. Okay. Baghdad. Baghdad. Okay. Now I want to go over the events that occurred yesterday. You were at the hospital, correct? Yes. And you met with Abdullah Waleed at the hospital? Yeah, Abdullah Ali. Abdullah Ali or Abdullah Waleed? Abdullah Waleed. Abdullah Waleed. Waleed? Yes. Okay. At the hospital, you saw Abdullah Waleed take a person's life? Take a second here. Uh. Sorry. Yeah. I'm good. Yes, yes. I see. Now, when you saw this, did you see how he did it? Yeah. The hammer. He used a hammer? Yes. Do you know where he put the hammer? No, no. I don't know. Okay. After this occurred, you got onto a motorcycle with Mr. Waleed? Yeah. Because in Arabic. Hang on. You'd be friends. Hang on. You got on the motorcycle with Mr. Waleed, correct? Correct. And then from the hospital, you went with Mr. Waleed to the supermarket? Yes. And then... To sell cigarettes. And then after you left the supermarket, that is when you and Mr. Waleed were stopped by law enforcement, correct? Yeah. And that is when Mr. Waleed fled from the traffic stop, correct? Now, before you got onto the bike at the hospital, did you make any attempt to report the murder to hospital staff, law enforcement, anyone? No, no. I don't... However, you proceeded to get onto the motorcycle with Mr. Waleed. Because he be my friend. So that's a yes. We speak Arabic. So that's a yes. He be my friend. Okay. When you got to the grocery store, did you attempt to maybe flee or get off the bike at that point? Yeah. But he is fast. He is good. Okay. And you got on the bike with him at the hospital, correct? Correct, correct. After he had murdered someone with a hammer? Yes. Okay. Was there any other question on that for us? All right. Current date is... 18, 1996. And the time is 1637.