Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Day Two: Person on bike and person in hoodie seen running away

Alfonso Jefferson, brother to Milek Jefferson takes the stand. Defense asks to approach the bench. Alfonso is 19 years old, and lives at 1130 Neilson with his family. Alfonso says that he lives in the upstairs portion of 1130 Neilson.

Alfonso is shown a photo of his house, with what he points out as a car and his girlfriend's car in the driveway.

Alfonso said he went to the store that night on the corner of Elm and Eagle, which he describes as about 6 blocks from his house. He was on foot with his girlfriend, he says. As they started to walk back to 1130 Neilson, they headed to another store, but toward Neilson Street. As they got to Eagle Street, they were going to turn up West Street, he says.

It was as they walked, Alfonso says he heard three gunshots in row. Upon hearing them, Alfonso says he and his girlfriend headed toward his family's house. Using an aerial photo of the area and surrounding blocks...Alfonso says he walked toward Neilson, tracing his route on the photo for all to see.

Alfonso says that as he continued to walk in that direction, he was looking down Eagle Street - a person on a bike wearing a hat, and someone running straight up Neilson Street through the intersection where Neilson connects with Eagle. Alfonso says the person was tall, wearing a white hoodie and dark jeans, and running "very fast."

Prosecution asks Alfonso if he saw the person's skin. Alfonso says he was not able to determine what race the person running was.

The person on the bike, Alfonso says, was a black male, coming from Seymour Ave, down Eagle, and was wearing glasses, heading in the direction of Alfonso and his girlfriend.

Alfonso said that the person on the bike seemed scared and told him "there's been a shooting on Neilson Street." The man on the bike then headed away from Neilson Street, Alfonso said.

Alfonso said that while he was "not scared," his girlfriend was, and that's why they took the back way to his house. Upon arrival to his house, they saw someone on a stretcher being placed into an ambulance.

Alfonso said that when he got out of school the next day, a statement was taken by police at his house.

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