Former NFL Player Will Smith Shot At Least 6 Times in Back, Reports Say
The family's attorney said Smith did not brandish a gun.
— -- The official coroner's report for former NFL player Will Smith said he was shot eight times, at least six in the back and once in the chest in an apparent road rage incident on Saturday night.
The attorney for the family of Will Smith, Peter Thompson, made a statement today saying the star did not brandish a gun or have a gun on him and that the star was shot six to eight times in the back.
Smith, who helped the New Orleans Saints win Superbowl XLIV in 2010, died at the scene of the shooting in New Orleans on Saturday. His wife, Racquel, was shot in the leg twice when she exited the couple's car in an effort to diffuse the situation, Thompson said.
"Her emotional scars will last forever," Thompson said in a press conference at University Hospital Medical Center in New Orleans.
Smith was shot and killed in the Lower Garden District Saturday night. Police say he was rear-ended while driving, which caused him to hit a vehicle in front of him. The driver of the vehicle that hit Smith, identified as 28-year-old Cardell Hayes, then "exchanged words" with Smith, according to police.
Hayes then drew a handgun and shot Smith several times, authorities said.
Hayes was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. On Sunday, a judge set his bond at $1 million. He did not enter a plea.
Surveillance video from directly before the shooting, obtained by ABC News, appears to show a Hummer resembling the police's description of the alleged shooter's car that stops suddenly and is bumped by a car matching the description of Smith's Mercedes SUV.
Then, as the Hummer appears to pull over, the SUV speeds off. The Hummer follows in pursuit seconds later.
The video was provided to ABC News by a restaurant two blocks away from the shooting scene.
According to Thompson, Smith and his passengers drove away after slamming on their brakes behind the Hummer, believing they did not cause any damage to the Hummer.
Hayes attorney, John Fuller, maintains there was a second gun and insisted Hayes felt threatened. He filed a motion in court to preserve all ballistic evidence. "It would be safe to say that not only did my client feel threatened, but citizens that were out there on that block felt threatened as well," Fuller said. "And I think the uncovering or unearthing of a second gun will lend itself to the defense of Mr. Hayes.
When detectives searched the vehicles Tuesday morning, they found a fully-loaded revolver inside the Hummer H2 and a fully-loaded 9-millimeter handgun inside the Mercedes G63, New Orleans police said in a statement. Neither weapon appears to have been fired during the incident.
ABC News' Emily Shapiro contributed to this report.
