EXCLUSIVE: For successful attorney Claude Motley, a return home to Milwaukee to attend his high school reunion almost turned fatal.
He had just dropped off a friend in a residential neighborhood when his vehicle was surrounded by carjackers. One of them shot him in the face.The story of Motley’s long recuperation, and what happened to his attacker—a 15-year-old boy—is told in the new film When Claude Got Shot, premiering at SXSW in the Documentary Spotlight section.
In the clip below, Claude’s friend remembers the fateful night and what transpired steps from his door.“I was in the relative safety of my own home while Claude was a few feet away being victimized,” the friend recalls. “My friend could have died that day…He could literally not
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