Devontae Sanford
Davontae Sanford: "I understand right from wrong."
Davontae Sanford, 25, who was wrongly convicted as a teen in four Detroit killings and imprisoned for years, was arrested in Arizona last Monday for allegedly firing wildly into a suburban Phoenix park and sending children running.
Sanford, free on bond, tells Fox 2's Camille Amiri his arrest comes from a misunderstanding.
Authorities say Sanford, who recently moved to Arizona with his brother, was shooting an AR-15 near houses. But Sanford says he was shooting at mountains in the desert.
"It was nothing but a misunderstanding, No one got hurt, I didn't do anything wrong, the guns were legally purchased. I understand right from wrong. I had nine years to figure that out, nine years for a crime I didn’t commit,” Sanford says.
He claims police frequently drive by the house he shares with his brother. "It's nerve-wracking, it’s scary. I don't even go outside anymore, I have someone else go check my mailbox, I’m literally a prisoner all over again," he says.
Sanford was imprisoned in 2008 after being wrongfully convicted of a quadruple homicide when he was 15. He served eight years before his release in 2016.
