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By
Adriana Marroquin
- March 2, 2023
Court
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Daily Stories
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Suspects
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During the testimony of several witnesses in a non-fatal shooting trial, the defendant’s mother was seen crying in the courtroom.
Stefen Farmer, 50, is charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of an unregistered firearm, assault with significant bodily injury while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, for his alleged connection to a Feb. 25, 2021, non-fatal shooting that happened on the 4400 block of Gault Place, NE.
On March 1, when the prosecution displayed the video of the incident, the defendant’s mother could be seen crying. According to court documents, the victim and the defendant were lifelong friends.
A forensic scientist who worked at the scene of the crime testified about her experience to the jury. As part of evidence, the prosecution brought out clothing articles that were worn by the victim on the day of the assault that were saturated with the victim’s blood.
When the prosecution asked the witness to explain what the exhibit was, several jurors also visibly reacted to the items of clothing.
In addition to the scientist, the prosecution called several Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers and detectives that were dispatched to the scene.
During the lead detective’s testimony, the prosecution exhibited footage from a RING doorbell that had a captured surveillance footage of the incident. A RING doorbell is a doorbell that has a camera built into it, in which the owners have access through their phone to any of the footage that the doorbell records.
The lead detective said, on the day of the incident, the victim avoided telling officers who the shooter was. It wasn’t until a few days later that the victim’s sister told detectives that she had heard, from mutual friends, that “Stef”, a nickname Farmer goes by, had been the one to shoot her brother.
The victim then corroborated the story.
Trial resumed on March 2.