Day One: Those outside at scene saw nothing

Officer David Poccia has taken the stand, and states he was working with Officer Nash that night. He says Nash was the driver that night.

He recalls the evening's events, and says that as they heard the radio transmission about the shots fired on Nielson Street as they were en route to a traffic stop in the same area, Nash turned on the lights and sirens and headed to the scene.

Prosecution asks if Poccia recognizes the aerial photograph of the 1100 block of Nielson Street, showing the direction in which he and Nash made their way to the scene.

He says that as they reached Nielson, they could see the emergency lights atop Officer Lindsey's patrol car flashing, and that it was the only vehicle on the block at that point. He recalls, they saw a figure on the ground, which as they got closer, he says, it became more recognizable as a police officer.

Poccia says that Nash then shouted "It's Tommy!" as they, in their own patrol car, got closer to the scene. Poccia then radioed to headquarters that an officer was down.

He says he kneeled down to Officer Lindsey and "could see it was pretty bad." He says he observed the same trauma Nash described.

When asked if he noticed if Lindsey had his gun on him at that point, Poccia can not recall. As he kneels down near him, Poccia says he noticed people on a porch of a nearby residence. Poccia says that he went up to the people and questioned them, and asked if they had seen anything. He said they responded that they had heard the shots fired, but hadn't seen anything.
Poccia says that while he was doing this, Nash was with Officer Lindsey, and the two had attempted to perform CPR until the Kunkel Ambulance had arrived.

He describes Lindsey as being quickly removed from the scene, and says he then noticed a Jonas Patterson and Calvin Brown standing nearby on the corner of Mortimer. Poccia asked them if they had seen anything, to which they responded "no."

Poccia says he then talked to residents, none of which were able to provide any information other than that they heard the shots.