Mr. PIERCE. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. They join, as I understand it, in several ways, and I would
like you to explain first of all how a person who is--was on the first
floor of the municipal building could get to the other building, the
police building?
Mr. PIERCE. On the first floor of the municipal building?
Mr. HUBERT. Right. How could he get through under normal circumstances?
Mr. PIERCE. To the first floor of the police and courts building?
Mr. HUBERT. Or to any part of the police building?
Mr. PIERCE. Police department. Very well, sir; simplest way would
be to take the first floor corridor of the municipal building which
goes immediately to the police and courts building. On the weekends,
however, on this particular day; that is on the normal operation any
day of the week they are connected and open, and on the weekends, or
after regular municipal building hours in every night there is an
expansion type steel gate closes that municipal building off, the
corridor.
Mr. HUBERT. Does it lock?
Mr. PIERCE. From the--it remains locked.
Mr. HUBERT. But was it locked that day?
Mr. PIERCE. It was locked.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you test it yourself?
Mr. PIERCE. Possibly I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Could anyone open it but yourself?
Mr. PIERCE. I don’t have the only key.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see that door open?
Mr. PIERCE. To my knowledge, that door was never open the entire day.
Mr. HUBERT. And you did test it to see that it was locked?
Mr. PIERCE. It was locked.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you test it prior to the shooting?
Mr. PIERCE. Not prior to the shooting.