Man charged with killing Alabama tow truck driver says he thought car was being stolen
The case of a man accused of fatally shooting a tow truck driver in December will head to a Madison County grand jury.
Warren Siao, 47, is currently out on bond after being charged with murder in the shooting death of Jayson Click, 38, of Grant.
Click, the owner of Ace Towing, died of gunshot wounds in the incident in Harvest on Dec. 13. The death has been ruled a homicide.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to the shooting at a home in the 200 block of Wedgewood Terrace Road in Harvest around 7 p.m. According to court documents, Siao is accused of shooting Click with an AR rifle.
WAFF is reporting that, at a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Judge Donald Rizzardi handed the case to a grand jury following testimony by Madison County Detective Joshua Mosley.
Mosley said in court Siao told him under questioning that he was awakened on the night of the shooting by dogs barking outside his home. He said he believed two people were attempting to steal his car, but also said he was behind on his car payments after being unemployed for three months.
The two men were Click and another tow truck driver. Siao said he fired five to six rounds, but had only intended to scare away the men around his car.