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This April 29, 2012 photo provided by the Greenwood, Miss., Police Department shows Dr. Arnold Smith, 70, of Greenwood. Smith and William Paul Muller, 54, of Morgan City are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and being held without bond at the Leflore County Jail for their alleged roles in a plot to kill Greenwood attorney Lee Abraham. (AP Photo/Greenwood Police Department)
In an affidavit released by Attorney General Jim Hood, Detective Jeff Byars says Dr. Arnold Smith allegedly offered the money to kill Lee Abraham. Derrick Lacy, who was critically wounded in the Saturday night shooting, allegedly told investigators prior to being taken to the hospital that he overhead the physician offer Keaira Byrd the money during a telephone conversation.
The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the information comes from the document sworn Sunday by Byars prior to getting a search warrant for Smith's home.
The document lays out in detail a version of events leading to the confrontation that left Byrd dead.