1月24日晚，一对白人父子据称在密西西比州布鲁克海文市追逐并开枪打死了24岁的联邦快递黑人司机D'Monterrio Gibson，后者称自己在运送包裹时成为目标，目前正面临刑事指控。
根据美国广播公司新闻获得的宣誓书，35岁的儿子布兰登·凯斯被指控故意、明知故犯地试图在据称向吉布森的送货车开枪后对其造成身体伤害。
而57岁的格雷戈里·凯斯被指控故意、明知故犯地与他的儿子合谋实施严重袭击，据称他开着他的皮卡追赶吉布森，并试图阻止他开车离开。
格雷戈里·凯斯的律师特雷尔·斯塔布斯和布兰登·凯斯的律师丹·厨房没有立即回应美国广播公司新闻的置评请求，但根据布鲁克海文市法院的说法，两位律师都代表他们的客户提出了无罪抗辩。
根据美国广播公司新闻1月25日获得的警方报告，吉布森没有受伤，但他的货车和一些包裹被几个弹孔击中。吉布森和他在联邦快递的主管提交了这份报告。
吉布森在周日接受《早安美国》采访时形容这段经历是“精神创伤”。
吉布森说，他开车四处寻找正确的地址，最终找到了。他说，一旦他离开包裹，格雷戈里·凯斯就试图用他的皮卡阻止他离开这个街区。
“他试图切断我的联系，我的直觉立刻起了作用。“我突然转向他，”他告诉“GMA”
当他试图开车离开时，吉布森说他看到布兰登·凯斯在路中间用枪指着他的送货车。
“当他超过他时，那家伙开始朝他的车开枪。吉布森的律师卡洛斯·摩尔告诉美国广播公司新闻。
摩尔说，那天晚上晚些时候，吉布森拨打了911，并被指引到布鲁克海文警察局，那里的一名调度员告诉他，在他据称被“案件”追捕和锁定之前，他正在运送包裹的地址有一个“可疑人员”的报告。
吉布森说，当时他穿着送货制服，开着联邦快递租来的标有赫兹的面包车。
“在这种情况下，这个人在黑暗中工作，他们认为这是可疑的，他们显然一致决定和这个人搭讪，”摩尔说。"当他不肯停下来时，他们打算杀了他们."
警方尚未回应美国广播公司新闻的置评请求，但布鲁克海文市长乔·c·考克斯告诉美国广播公司新闻，布鲁克海文警察局、密西西比州调查局和联邦机构“将继续调查此事。”
吉布森说，联邦快递告诉他当晚返回办公室，但第二天就让他走了同样的路线。
他说他在休无薪假。虽然联邦快递提出支付咨询费用，但吉布森说，在事情公开之前，他不会得到无薪假期。
联邦快递在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说:“联邦快递非常严肃地对待这种性质的情况，我们对针对我们的团队成员D'Monterrio Gibson的犯罪行为感到震惊。“我们团队成员的安全是我们的首要任务，我们仍然关注他的健康。我们继续支持吉布森先生，包括赔偿，因为我们与调查当局合作。”
这些案件现已保释，但吉布森的律师呼吁“立即升级”指控，并将该事件作为仇恨犯罪进行调查。
摩尔说:“黑人的生命很重要，不仅他们很重要，而且他们和白人的生命一样重要。
摩尔将吉布森的情况与被谋杀的25岁手无寸铁的黑人男子艾哈迈德·阿贝里2020年2月23日，在佐治亚州布伦瑞克慢跑时。
三个白人——父子格雷戈里和特拉维斯·麦克迈克尔以及他们的邻居威廉·罗德迪·布莱恩，他们追逐并杀害了阿贝里1月7日被判处无期徒刑。
他们正在等待联邦仇恨犯罪指控的审判。
摩尔说:“这似乎是另一对父子二人，他们认为有什么可疑的事情，并把法律掌握在自己手中。
2 white men charged after allegedly chasing, shooting at Black FedEx driver
A white father and son are facing criminal charges after allegedly chasing and firing at D'Monterrio Gibson, a 24-year-old Black FedEx driver, who said he was targeted while delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi, on the evening of Jan. 24.
According to affidavits obtained by ABC News, 35-year-old Brandon Case, the son, has been charged with purposely, knowingly and feloniously attempting to cause bodily injury to Gibson after allegedly shooting at his delivery van.
While Gregory Case, 57, is charged with purposely, knowingly and feloniously conspiring with his son to commit aggravated assault after allegedly chasing Gibson with his pickup truck and trying to block him from driving away.
Gregory Case's attorney, Terrell Stubbs, and Brandon Case's attorney, Dan Kitchens, did not immediately respond to ABC News' requests for comment, but according to the Brookhaven Municipal Court, both attorneys entered not-guilty pleas on behalf of their clients.
Gibson was not injured, but his van and some packages were struck with several bullet holes, according to a police report obtained by ABC News dated Jan. 25. Gibson and his supervisor at FedEx filed the report.
Gibson described the experience as "traumatizing" in an interview with "Good Morning America" on Sunday.
Gibson said he was driving around trying to find the right address – and finally figured it out. He said once he left the package, Gregory Case tried to use his pickup truck to stop him from leaving the neighborhood.
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FedEx driver D'Monterrio Gibson, left, listens to his mother, Sharon McClendon speak ab...
"He tries to cut me off and like instantly, my instincts kicked in. I swerved by him," he told "GMA."
As he tried to drive away, Gibson said he saw Brandon Case in the middle of the road pointing a gun at his delivery van.
"When he got past him, the guy started shooting towards his vehicle. The back of his vehicle was hit several times," Carlos Moore, Gibson's attorney, told ABC News.
Moore said that Gibson called 911 later that night and was directed to the Brookhaven Police Department, where a dispatcher told him that there was a report of a "suspicious person" at the address where he was delivering the packages before he was allegedly chased and targeted by the Cases.
Gibson said that he was wearing his delivery uniform at the time and was driving a van rented by FedEx marked Hertz.
"In this instance, this man was working while Black, and they thought that was suspicious and they evidently, concertedly decided they would accost this man," Moore said. "And when he would not stop, they intended to kill them."
Police have not responded to ABC News' requests for comment, but Brookhaven Mayor Joe C. Cox told ABC News that the Brookhaven Police Department, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and federal agencies "will continue to investigate this matter."
Gibson said FedEx told him to return to the office that night but sent him out on the same route the very next day.
He said that he was on unpaid leave. While FedEx offered to pay for counseling, Gibson said he was not offered unpaid leave until the story became public.
"FedEx takes situations of this nature very seriously, and we are shocked by this criminal act against our team member, D'Monterrio Gibson," FedEx said in a statement to ABC News. "The safety of our team members is our top priority, and we remain focused on his wellbeing. We continue to support Mr. Gibson, including compensation, as we cooperate with investigating authorities."
The Cases are now out on bail, but Gibson's attorneys are calling for the charges to be "immediately upgraded" and for the incident to be investigated as a hate crime.
"Black lives matter, and not only do they matter, but they matter as much as white lives," Moore said.
Moore compared Gibson's case to that ofAhmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old unarmed Black man who was murderedwhile out on a jog in Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23, 2020.
Three White men – father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, who chased and murdered Arbery weresentenced to life in prison on Jan. 7.
They are awaiting trial on federal hate crime charges.
"It seems that this is another father-son duo that thought something was suspicious and took the law into their own hands," Moore said.
