Why did Fierro flee the crash scene?
In an interview with a city police detective after the crash, Fierro said he and Lovato had left WilLee’s Blues Club “because they were being threatened by some other patrons,” according to police warrants. After a trip to Allsup’s for snacks, the two men drove past WilLee’s again, and Fierro said “he noticed a number of people on the sidewalk yelling profanities at them,” according to the warrant. “He thought that these people were possibly the people who had been threatening them earlier. He then heard a loud crashing noise and saw the windshield crack. He thought that one of the persons along the sidewalk had thrown a rock or some other object at his vehicle. … He then decided to drive out of the area for their safety.” Bentley, the witness, testified at the preliminary hearing that after he saw the BMW hit Tenorio, he ran toward it yelling at the top of his lungs that the driver had just hit a person. “Do you agree the state has to prove that Mr. Fierro knew he hit a human being?
