Who Shot the Deputy?

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing Wyclef Jean perform at the Hard Rock Casino in lovely Las Vegas. In-between stumping for Obama during "If I Were President," terrifying his bodyguards by crowd diving, and lamenting the fact that the youth of today don't know who the 'Fugees are Clef covered "I Shot the Sheriff." And it got me thinking: what the hell happened to the Deputy?

Much has already been made of the shooting of the Sheriff John Brown. Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley was first to lay claim to the incident, though in the ensuing years he was followed by Eric Patrick Clapton, Warren Griffin III (aka Warren G), the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (aka The Fresh Prince), and most recently, Jason René Castro (aka The Burner From American Idol). And while no witnesses bore sight to the shooting, the defendant(s) has admitted roughly three times that he did indeed shoot the sheriff, though it was done in self-defense. The slain body of the officer was found on the way out of town with his gun drawn in an aggressive manner. The position of his body seems to indicate that the Sheriff was waiting for the defendant and might have been simply out-drawn.

But what I find more troubling is the fact that an innocent deputy was shot as well and no one seems to care. The defendant(s) has repeatedly stated - roughly six times - that he did not shoot the deputy; given his/their/her willingness to admit to the other facts of the case, one is inclined to believe him/them/her. So WHO shot the deputy? And why have so little facts surround his death come to light? Are they protecting the legacy of Sheriff Brown despite his reputation? Or was the case bungled like so many before it: the Copacabana gun battle; the murder of Billy DeLions by Stagger Lee; the revenge killing of Janie, who could never be tried for the death of her father as she ran away with the gun, her dog days having just begun; the alleged pianist battery, gold robbery, lager larceny, double homicide, and sexual assault with a wiffle ball bat by three white Jewish males. Who must suffer next in an unsolved crime committed to a catchy melody before something is done?