identity. the murder trial of former attorney alex murdaugh will resume today, with prosecutors calling on more witnesses to address issues raised by the fence. on monday, murdaugh s team rested its case after almost two weeks of testimony, to try and prove he did not kill his wife and son. one of the last witnesses they called, was a crime scene expert who argued that two shooters may have been involved in the murders. cnn s randi kaye reports. do you have an opinion whether there was one or two shooters who murdered maggie and paul on the night of june seven? my opinion is the totality of the events as more suggested of the two shooters. a forensic scientist testifying for the defense, reading new life into the defenses theory that two shooters who were involved in killing maggie impala murdaugh. here is why. whoever shot paul, the witnesses, likely would have needed time to recover given
would find the killers when asked if that happened he said no he believed they were still out there. they presented a pathologist and a crime scene expert on the stand and that crime scene expert went into talking about the weapons that were used, what the lay of the land was like, and how the shooting thad to hae occurred to once again introduce what s known as the defense s two-shooter theory. timmy, there is structurally difficult for the same shooter to have two arms and no practical reason for that to happen. add to that what i believe happened to the shooter who fired first with the shotgun and i think it tips in favor of the probability of two shooters. reporter: now, we do know the prosecution says they believe they have about four to five witnesses. poppy, they think they can get through them all today. once they do that, the jury will take that trip and we move on to
murdaugh s wife and son was killed, and yesterday, the defense called a crime scene expert to the stand who said that two shooters were responsible for those murders. the individual who shot first with the shotgun minimally was stun and probably bloody material in his eyes and may have been injured and would have taken some degree of time to recover. why would one shooter bring two long rifles, two long weapons to the event? you cannot handle and shoot two of them. so you either have to put one down, use one, and then swap out and grab another one or i suppose you could have one in a sling, but that is quite awkward. we will monitor the trial for you, and we will bring you an update in the next hour. we are turning to the death of a former american swimming star in the american virgin
the alex murdaugh trial, prosecutors calling key witnesses back to the stand in their final push to prove the disgraced lawyer murdered his wife and son. and what does the shooter do? he shoots paul in the back of the head after he passes him. reporter: prosecutors poking holes in the defense s argument there were two shooters. their crime scene expert walking the jury through the defense version of the crime, trying to prove they got the bullet analysis wrong. i think the theory is preposterous, in my opinion. reporter: the prosecution taking aim at alex murdaugh s emotional performance on the witness stand. calling his former law partner to show murdaugh knew how to perform for a jury when he was a trial attorney. he was a a theatrical-type presence in the courtroom and he could get very emotional. reporter: the defense pushing back during a heated exchange, suggesting that partner is angry after having to pay clients back for money alex murdaugh stole. are you angr
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