Day 1: Recap

UTICA - Several witnesses took the stand today in the murder trial of the man accused of killing a Utica Police Officer.

Wesley Molina Cirino is accused of killing Officer Thomas Lindsey during a traffic stop on April 12 of last year. Several police officers, EMTs, a 911 dispatcher and the Utica Police Chief took the stand today. Chief C. Allen Pylman was only up there a few minutes - the defense attorney didn't even cross examine him.

Chief Pylman basically verified Officer Lindsey's position and length of employment at UPD. Jurors also heard from the first two police officers to reach Officer Lindsey after Lindsey was shot. Officer Lindsey had pulled over a man named Sammy Rivera when Molina-Cirino is accused of walking up and shooting the officer.

Today, the officer who pulled over Rivera shortly after the shooting took the stand, testifying that Rivera was visibly upset, crying and pleading, and that the first thing Rivera said to officer Fernalld as the 2 walked toward each other was quote, "I didn't do it."

Toward the end of the day, the jury heard police emergency radio transmissions. They heard Officer Lindsey's last words: "5-7 Code Four." 57 was the officer's assigned police cruiser the night he was shot. "Code 4" means everything's ok - the situation is stable.

It was about 7 minutes later that things took a turn for the worse - David Poccia, one of the first officers to respond to the shooting, radioed back, "We've got an officer down!"

A voice was then heard yelling "Send UFD!" and another UPD officer, a sergeant, yelling "Expedite 'em! Expedite 'em!"

Defense Attorney Rebecca Wittman kept the promise she made during opening arguments that there'd be many witnesses she wouldn't question at all.

They blew through 10 witnesses Tuesday, wrapping up earlier than expected at around 4:10 p.m. They'll be back at it 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning when the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Officer Lindsey will take the stand.

Joleen Ferris contributed to this report. Dave Dellecese will be blogging live again tomorrow.