zimmerman s parents and martin s parents could be in the courtroom for the trial because they re all potential witnesses. judge nelson ruled martin s parents can stay. i want to put part of the prosecution s opening statement, talking about how they tried to revive trayvon martin at the scene and you can see his father s reaction. they hold that if you are to try to give mouth to mouth to somebody that you go to your car first and get a breathing mask to separate your mouth from their mouth. well, sergeant roemando realized there was no time. he put his lips on trayvon martin s lips and tried to breathe the life into him. officer aiello put his palms on trayvon martin s chest and tried to push life into him.
there was a back and forth in the beginning of the day whether zimmerman s parents and martin s parents could be in the courtroom for the trial because they re all potential witnesses. judge nelson ruled martin s parents can stay. there s an exemption for immediate family of the victim. i want to put part of the prosecution s opening statement, talking about how they tried to revive trayvon martin at the scene and you can see his father s reaction. they hold that if you are to try to give mouth to mouth to somebody that you go to your car first and get a breathing mask to separate your mouth from their mouth. well, sergeant roemando realized there was no time. he put his lips on trayvon martin s lips and tried to breathe the life into him. officer aiello put his palms on
their mouth. well, sergeant roemando realized there was no time. he put his lips on trayvon martin s lips and tried to breathe the life into him. officer aiello put his palms on trayvon martin s chest and tried to push life into him. but it was too late. trayvon martin had already passed. obviously very dramatic, moving statement by the prosecutor. the impact of having trayvon martin s family sitting there watching is what? oh, it does have an impact, the jurors know who they are, they watch and notice and take in a lot of things in the courtroom, certainly reactions of the family are noticed by jurors, they have told me so themselves, they don t miss this, and how could they not.
gabriel was in his backyard when someone shot him in the head at close range. aiello was a gang member. this looked like a hit. as a crime scene detective, wayne fields picked up on a telling detail. whoever walked up on gabriel walked up to him. he had a gun in his waist and never pulled it out. that tells me that he knew whoever killed him. detective fields knew ayala well. so it was not a big surprise what happened to him? it was not if, but when. it was a matter of time. yeah. gabrielle s time was coming. he was too active, too well known. he played too hard trying to be too tough in his gang, and it caught up to him. he had a lengthy criminal record, and everyone in hollenbeck seemed to know his name. what kind of reputation did
we found out in tonight s story. gabriel ayala was in his backyard when someone shot him in the head at close range. ayala was a gang member. this looked like a hit. at the crime scene, detective dwayne fields picked up on a telling detail. whoever walked up on gabriel walked right up to him. gabriel had a gun in his waist and never pulled it out that tells me that he knew who ever killed him. reporter: detective fields knew aiello well. it wasn t a big surprise what happened to him? it wasn t if, it was when. just a matter of time? yeah. gabriel s time was coming. he was too active. he was too well known. he played too hard trying to be too tough in his gang and it caught up to him. reporter: aiello had a lengthy criminal record and everien in hollenbeck seemed to know his name. what kind of reputation did