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September 9, 2008

This is Detective Dan Alpiger, with the Louisville Metro Police Department. Today's date is September 9, 2008. The current time is 12:19. I'm here in my car with, uh, Aaron DeShawn Shelton, in the parking lot of Pleasure Ridge Park High School.

Alpiger
Mr. Shelton, please state your name, and spell
it for me.
Shelton
A-A-R-O-N Aaron. Shelton S-H-E-L-T-O-
N.
Alpiger
And your date of birth, Aaron?

Shelton Alpiger Shelton

Yes sir.
Alpiger
And your address and telephone number?
Shelton
x
Alpiger
x
Shelton
Yes sir.
Alpiger
Okay. And it's actually right down the street
here on, on Greenwood. Is that correct?

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Statement: Aaron DeShawn Shelton / Case #08197(A)
Date: September 9, 2008

Shelton
Yes sir.
Alpiger
Okay. And you are a student here at, uh, PRP
High School. Is that correct?
Shelton
Yes sir.
Alpiger
Okay. What year are you?
Shelton
I'm a sophomore.
Alpiger
Uh, you're also on the football team?
Shelton
Yes sir.
Alpiger

Okay. And that's why we're here. We're here in relation to this case, file 08197, the death of, uh, Max Gilpin. And you're aware of that?

Shelton
Yes sir.
Alpiger
You're also aware that this tape-recorder is on.
Is that correct?
Shelton
Yes sir.
Alpiger
Okay. Uh, start off, tell me how you know
Max?
Shelton

Uh, I knew him through my freshman year playin', uh, freshman football together here at PRP High School into our sophomore year, and, you know, we just had some nice relationship, a couple talks. And we talked about stuff and, uh, the weight room and all type of other stuff.

Alpiger
So you played football with 'im…

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Statement: Aaron DeShawn Shelton / Case #08197(A)
Date: September 9, 2008

Shelton
Uh-huh.
Alpiger
He's a lineman. What position are you?
Shelton
I'm fullback, uh, I'm everything.
I'm
everything, for real.
Alpiger
Everything.
Shelton
Play-maker.
Alpiger
You're a play-maker.
Shelton
Yeah.
Alpiger

That's what they tell me. They tell me you're the play-maker. So uh, what position does Max play?

Shelton
Uh, he played defense tackle, but I think his
real position was about to be tight end.
Alpiger
Okay.
Shelton
…when we got up to be a junior or senior year.
Alpiger

So you, you know him as somebody you played football with from startin' off last year as a freshman. You came to, to school together. You didn't know him before this, though, did you?

Shelton
Uh-uh.
Alpiger
Okay. You also had classes together?
Shelton
No. We ain't had no classes…
Alpiger
But you seen 'im in the, in the school?

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