Saturday, March 27, 2010
Murder Trial Continues
WEST VIRGINIA....
Following two days of varying eyewitness accounts, the prosecution in the murder trial of Jerel Addison Garner called upon a ballistics expert and a crime scene detective Friday to clarify a deadly shooting which occurred in 2008 outside the Fluid nightclub on 4th Avenue in Huntington. Both investigators testified two guns were used to spray at least 10 gunshots across 4th Avenue, killing former Marshall University football standout Donte Newsome and injuring two others, fellow football player Curtis Keyes and murder defendant Jerel Addison Garner. Witnesses testified that, following an altercation inside the club, Garner used a 44-magnum revolver to wound Newsome and Keyes, while Ivan Clark used a .40-caliber pistol to shoot Garner in his friends' defense. Garner pleaded not guilty Tuesday to counts of murder, attempted first-degree murder, wanton endangerment and carrying a concealed weapon without a license. Cabell County Prosecutor Chris Chiles relied upon Huntington Police Cpl. Steve Compton's reconstruction to debunk a defense theory that Garner was shot inside his vehicle. Compton testified he found no such evidence.
Following two days of varying eyewitness accounts, the prosecution in the murder trial of Jerel Addison Garner called upon a ballistics expert and a crime scene detective Friday to clarify a deadly shooting which occurred in 2008 outside the Fluid nightclub on 4th Avenue in Huntington. Both investigators testified two guns were used to spray at least 10 gunshots across 4th Avenue, killing former Marshall University football standout Donte Newsome and injuring two others, fellow football player Curtis Keyes and murder defendant Jerel Addison Garner. Witnesses testified that, following an altercation inside the club, Garner used a 44-magnum revolver to wound Newsome and Keyes, while Ivan Clark used a .40-caliber pistol to shoot Garner in his friends' defense. Garner pleaded not guilty Tuesday to counts of murder, attempted first-degree murder, wanton endangerment and carrying a concealed weapon without a license. Cabell County Prosecutor Chris Chiles relied upon Huntington Police Cpl. Steve Compton's reconstruction to debunk a defense theory that Garner was shot inside his vehicle. Compton testified he found no such evidence.
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