will be forwarded to a grand jury for indictment consideration as a murder charge instead of a capital murder charge.The deadly shooting happened in the predawn hours of Aug. 24 at Insta-Movers warehouse in south Birmingham.an Israeli citizen affectionately known by his friends in the U.S. as Sonny,Ross’s attorney, public defender Sammie Shaw, however contended there was no evidence that a robbery was planned or took place.Birmingham homicide Det.
Glasgow testified that Ross and Hoffman then followed the Insta-Movers workers to the warehouse. Ross was seen on surveillance video first talking to the workers and then to Lalum when he arrived at work. Glasgow acknowledged that Ross twice entered the warehouse, at least one of those times with Lalum’s permission, but was eventually told to leave, that “you’re not needed here.”
Glascow testified that initially Ross denied being at the Circle K or the Insta-Movers warehouse that day, saying he was with his girlfriend and at school. “It’s clear from the testimony and from the video that Mr. Ross didn’t shoot anyone that day. If anyone was shot, Mr. Hoffman is the person who did it,’’ the public defender said. “The only evidence we have is that Sebastian Ross happened to be present when that occurred. That’s not enough.”