Christian Ketchup claims 'Stand Your Ground' defense in Mugs and Jugs fatal shooting

Christian Ketchup, the antheral accused of shooting and sidesplitting a parent of 2 who had been knocked to the crushed extracurricular of Pensacola barroom Mugs and Jugs Tavern, is present claiming helium changeable her portion defending his woman nether Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

An lawyer for Ketchup filed a question to disregard his second-degree execution complaint connected the crushed that helium is immune from prosecution since helium was “asserting lawful defence of different astatine the clip of the incident.”

On Aug. 23, 2023, the Escambia Sheriff’s Office says Ketchup’s girlfriend, Rachel DeRise, had been successful a combat with the victim, 25-year-old Tierra Binion, erstwhile Ketchup sucker punched Binion who fell to the crushed unconscious.

DeRise past began beating Binion arsenic she laic unconscious connected the parking batch pavement and, according to Ketchup’s apprehension report, helium pulled a weapon from his waistband and changeable the 25-year-old pistillate aggregate times, sidesplitting her.

In 2024, DeRise pleaded nary contention to a misdemeanor artillery for her portion successful the shooting. Ketchup is inactive awaiting trial, but assemblage enactment is scheduled for Sept. 15.

Christian Ketchup claims helium was “justified” successful shooting Tierra Binion

According to the motion, Ketchup, who has pleaded not blameworthy to the execution charge, had conscionable arrived astatine Mugs and Jugs Tavern with DeRise, erstwhile a fist combat broke retired successful the parking batch among different patrons.

Ketchup claims helium tried to interruption up the combat but was “threatened astatine weapon point” by different man, Marquis Chapman, who allegedly pointed his handgun astatine Ketchup and said, “Somebody is going to dice tonight.”

The question goes connected to accidental that Tierra Binion was “engaged successful the warring and was connected the aforesaid ‘side’ arsenic Marquis Chapman,” and Ketchup claims helium heard Binion yelling, “Hand maine my gun.”

Ketchup says helium past decided to get his woman and leave, but arsenic they were leaving Binion grabbed him by the shoulder, turned him to look her and started yelling angrily astatine Ketchup “about her gun.”

In the motion, Ketchup says helium asked DeRise to speech to Binion due to the fact that helium didn’t recognize what she was saying and that’s erstwhile Binion “all of a abrupt sucker punched DeRise successful the face.”

Ketchup claims helium stepped successful the mediate to interruption up the combat and “wound up” pushing Binion to the crushed and that’s erstwhile DeRise “leaned implicit her and started punching” Binion.

According to his motion, Ketchup says Binion past got up and continued warring with DeRise, past “all of a abrupt reached for the bulge successful her beltline arsenic if she was astir to sprout DeRise.”

“Fearing that Binion was astir to sprout DeRise, Ketchup changeable (her) to forestall her from shooting DeRise,” the question said, adding that grounds aboriginal determined the bulge was the victim’s compartment phone.

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Ketchup said instantly aft helium changeable Binion different idiosyncratic fired astatine him and helium returned occurrence and near the country successful a car “out of fearfulness of being changeable himself.” He yet got retired of the conveyance and called 911 to study helium had changeable the unfortunate astatine Mugs and Jugs.

According to his attorney, Ketchup is immune from prosecution and was justified successful utilizing deadly unit against Binion.

“A tenable idiosyncratic would person believed nether these circumstances that (the victim) was astir to sprout Rachel DeRise,” the question reads. “Defendant Ketchup asserts that helium was tenable successful his content that (she) posed a menace of deadly unit and truthful it was tenable for him to usage deadly unit to forestall large bodily harm oregon a forcible felony.”

Victim’s sister not buying Christian Ketchup’s defence claim

Diamond Jordan is pushing backmost connected Ketchup’s assertion that helium changeable her unarmed sister retired of fearfulness she was going to sprout DeRise, saying determination is nary grounds to enactment it.

Jordan said a weapon recovered astatine the country that belonged to Marquis Chapman was tested and the results amusement it did not person Binion’s DNA oregon fingerprints connected it. An Uber operator astatine the country recovered the weapon successful the parking batch and Jordan said the defence has tried to destruct his testimony.

She says the aesculapian examiner’s findings besides amusement each of Binion’s injuries were antiaircraft wounds from trying to support herself.

“The aesculapian examiner was precise wide that each azygous coiled that Tierra had internally and externally was each defensive,” Jordan said. “It was her having to support herself, not her coming aft someone. There are nary violative wounds.”

Jordan believes Ketchup is trying to marque the facts acceptable his statement of shooting to support DeRise. She says the information a 3rd weapon was fired aft Ketchup changeable Binion, indicates others successful the assemblage saw Ketchup arsenic the aggressor.

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“I consciousness similar if Tierra was the 1 connected the offense, aggregate radical would person been shooting her,” Jordan said. “If you person a weapon and spot a concern wherever somebody’s morally incorrect for shooting somebody, would you not propulsion retired your and support yourself and effort to spell aft that person? That idiosyncratic went aft Christian Ketchup. They didn’t spell aft Tierra.”

Jordan is acceptable for Ketchup’s lawsuit to spell to trial. She is hoping helium volition beryllium held accountable for sidesplitting her sister.

She does not deliberation his co-defendant successful the case, DeRise, was punished adequately for her relation successful the deadly shooting, successful portion due to the fact that she says the State Attorney’s Office did not propulsion for a tougher sentence.

DeRise was sentenced to 60 days successful the region jailhouse but was released aft a small implicit 7 weeks down bars.

She was besides ordered to service 12 months of probation pursuing her release, and among the tribunal ordered stipulations DeRise was to wage tribunal costs and fees, execute 100 hours of assemblage service, and constitute a 500-word missive astir "what she feels she has learned from this event," which was owed nary aboriginal than 30 days aft her merchandise from jail.

According to the Escambia County Clerk of Court’s website, determination is nary denotation arsenic to whether DeRise met immoderate of the stipulations. There is nary transcript of the effort successful the online lawsuit file, and it states she inactive owes $1,625 successful fees.

A spokesperson for the State Attorney’s Office was checking to spot if DeRise had completed immoderate oregon each the tribunal ordered stipulations, but did not respond by deadline.

There was besides nary effect to an email the News Journal sent to the Pensacola probation bureau for accusation connected DeRise.

Lawsuit settled implicit shooting astatine Mugs and Jugs Tavern

Court records amusement that a suit filed successful the aftermath of the fatal shooting against the proprietor of Mugs and Jugs Tavern, Babalaas, Inc., has been settled for an undisclosed amount.

On Dec. 5, 2024, an bid was filed stating the negligent information and wrongful decease suit filed by Tierra Binion's husband, Alexander Binion. was settled.

The details are confidential, but Jordan says the proceeds are going to her sister’s duplicate sons with Alexander.

Ketchup’s adjacent tribunal day to perceive transgression pleas and motions is scheduled for June 9, astatine 1:30 p.m. earlier Judge Amy Brodersen.

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