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The ex-cop who shot and killed a man in a Florida movie theater for texting was actually using his phone to text moments before the altercation, according to Florida prosecutors.

Talk about hypocritical.

According to the Associated Press:

Curtis Reeves’ son, Matthew Reeves, told detectives that his father texted him at 1:04 p.m. Jan. 13, the documents show. Curtis Reeves told his son he was already seated inside the theater. Matthew Reeves, who is a Tampa police officer, made plans to meet his parents at the theater for the 1:20 p.m. showing of “Lone Survivor” but was late because he stopped to wash his truck, he told detectives.

Matthew Reeves said he had walked into the dark theater while the previews were playing and looked around for his parents. It was then, investigators said, that Reeves shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson.

“Matthew said he did not see the shot directly, but the noise and light drew his attention to the top row of seats,” Pasco County Sheriff’s detective Aaron Smith wrote.

The shooter’s son tried to assist Oulson with his wound by pressing a stranger’s t-shirt against his chest. Oulson, a father and a husband, died shortly after.

The elder Reeves, 71, was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated battery; authorities say the bullet that struck and killed Oulson also struck Oulson’s wife, Nicole, in the finger as she tried to shield her husband.

He pleaded not guilty to both counts, claiming he acted in self-defense when Oulson tried to hit him in the face with a cell phone or popcorn. Witnesses, including Reeves’ wife, said that Oulson never attacked the shooter.

He is currently being held without bail in the Pasco County Jail. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison.

SOURCE: AP | PHOTO CREDIT: Screengrab