Testimony, Day One

Testimony in the Jamal Woods trial is underway.
A jury was finally seated this morning. The jury is made up of 10 women and six men. There are four African American women on the jury. 12 members of this group will be the jury, the other four are alternates.

So far, two witnesses have taken the stand for the prosecution. Gerald Turner, who is a Huntsville Police Officer. He was the first officer on the scene to TGI Friday's on the night of the shooting in December of 2006. He gave the jury an account of what he did after arriving on the scene.

Witness number two, Melissa Bozeman, HEMSI paramedic. She is describing the wounds she found at the scene. She says Tank Beavers was a "Priority Zero," which means he was dead at the scene.

She also treated Thurston Turner at the restaurant, as well as Tim Reliford, who was shot in the face by the same bullet that killed Tank Beavers. Reliford was able to recover.

Warren Foy is on the stand now. He also worked for Hemsi in December of 2006 and responded to TGI Fridays.

We are currently in a recess that has lasted 30 minutes while we wait on another witness.

Gordon Bigelow. He is the Genergal Manager at a TFI Fridays in Tennessee. He was the GM at the TGI Fridays in Huntsville on the day of the shooting. He was not at the store when the shooting happened, but he helped HPD get the store's video recordings of the shootings.

HPD investigator David Owens in now on the stand. He viewed the restaurant's video of the shooting. He is also the chief investigator of the shooting.

Owens is still be cross examined by the defense. From the questons the defense is asking, it seems they are trying to make the jury believe the videos have been altered in some way.

Lisa Hamilton is now on the stand. She is an investigator for HPD.