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mike hellgren has the surprise witness the defense called to the stand. >> it was wrong. >> reporter: shante broke down in an emotional interview with wjz the day after city police officer tshambe gunned down her brother. one year later she was calm in court as she recounted her brother's last moments alive. the defense called kangley hoping they believed were inconsistencies in her statement would boast their claim that this was self- defense. >> i was surprised the defense put her on. i think she was consistent with the prosecution. i think she reenforces all of the elements that are being proven here by the prosecution. that tshambe was aggressive. >> reporter: she says that tshambe confronted brown saying, now, what? do it again. get your -- expletive on the ground. he shot him and walked away as if nothing has happened. others say brown chased tshambe. a club promoters also claimed he witnessed the incident. he said brown lunged at officer tshambe. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >>> now the defense would not say whether tshambe will testify tomorrow. >>> tonight republicans
mike hellgren has the surprise witness the defense called to the stand. >> it was wrong. >> reporter: shante broke down in an emotional interview with wjz the day after city police officer tshambe gunned down her brother. one year later she was calm in court as she recounted her brother's last moments alive. the defense called kangley hoping they believed were inconsistencies in her statement would boast their claim that this was self- defense. >> i was surprised the defense...
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reporting live at courthouse east, mike hellgren wjz news. >>> mike, the officer faces life in prison if he is convicted of first degree murder -- mike, thank you. the officer faces life in prison if he is convicted of first degree murder. >>> richmond phillips is facing charges for the death of his daughter. he is already been charged for the death of the girl's mother. >>> for women it's a common nightmare. baltimore county police are looking for a man who snuck into a woman's bedroom while she slept. take a look at the picture of ronald preston. police say he broke into a rosedale home and tried to attack a sleeping woman. when she woke up, he ran away. police think he might be hiding on the east side of baltimore. >>> police in anne arundel county are looking for this man. they say he was involved in a hit and run accident with a baby in his car. police say juan perez crashed into another car. he fled leaving the baby in the car. >>> crews crews went back into the tridelphia waters looking for a man. crews called off the search late this afternoon but they will be back in the wate
reporting live at courthouse east, mike hellgren wjz news. >>> mike, the officer faces life in prison if he is convicted of first degree murder -- mike, thank you. the officer faces life in prison if he is convicted of first degree murder. >>> richmond phillips is facing charges for the death of his daughter. he is already been charged for the death of the girl's mother. >>> for women it's a common nightmare. baltimore county police are looking for a man who snuck...
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mike hellgren has the latest. >> reporter: they began their case by calling the victim's sister to the stand. a reluctant witness and a packed courtroom lung to her every -- hung to her every word. >> it was wrong. >> reporter: one year later, she was calm in court as she recounted her brother's last moments alive. the defense called kangli hopes what they believed were inconsistencies in her statement boasting the fact that these this was a self- defense case. >> i think she reenforces all of the elements that are being proven by the prosecution. that teshambi was aggressive. >> reporter: the brother smacked the officers female friend in her backside. and teshambe without identifying himself as a police officer called out, now what? do it again? get your -- explatives "on the ground. during her testimony she was momentarily rattled as teshambi stood up to watch her reenactment. she says officer teshambe identified himself as with the police and said he was going to arrest brown for touching her. and brown chased teshambe so he shot him in self-defense. now late in the day the defense
mike hellgren has the latest. >> reporter: they began their case by calling the victim's sister to the stand. a reluctant witness and a packed courtroom lung to her every -- hung to her every word. >> it was wrong. >> reporter: one year later, she was calm in court as she recounted her brother's last moments alive. the defense called kangli hopes what they believed were inconsistencies in her statement boasting the fact that these this was a self- defense case. >> i...
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mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. the officer faces life in prison if convicted of first degree murder. >>> and embattled new york congressman anthony weiner comes clean about lewd internet photographs. christoforous joins us now with the admission he made. >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: the congressman admits to different lewd communications over the internet, including while he was married. weiner apologizing to his wife of only one year. >> my wife is a are remarkable woman. she's not responsible for any of this. this was, visited upon her. she is getting back to work. >> reporter: weiner also apologized to his con constituents but he says he's not resigning from congress. alexis christoforous. >> reporter: weiner says he spoke with nancy pelosi before his conference. pelosi expressed her disappoint but asked him to be truthful. >> with the courage to fight for freedom, with the courage to fight for america. that's why i am announcing today that i'm running for president of the un
mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. the officer faces life in prison if convicted of first degree murder. >>> and embattled new york congressman anthony weiner comes clean about lewd internet photographs. christoforous joins us now with the admission he made. >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: the congressman admits to different lewd communications over the internet, including while he was married. weiner apologizing...
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mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: this officer,'s defense team started their trial today against the fact that he murdered tyrone brown. tshamba claims it was self- defense. prosecution witnesses included a friend of brown's sister. have, she said she saw brown begging for his life. tshamba fired the service weapon over and over again. the officer's lawyers say that the witness' testimonies are inconcession taint -- inconsistent. >> both sides are indicating that he was wrong for what he did regardless of any intoxication or he was actually consistently doing what he was taught to do. >> reporter: brown's sister was there and her statement was inconsistent with the other witnesses. brown family filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the officer in the city. >> there was no aggressiveness on the part of brown. he was in retreat, trying to apologize and resolve the dilemma. >> reporter: tshamba is in leg shackles. a judge, not a jury will decide the case. >>> prosecutors presented 14 witnesses while making their case. wjz will have more on the case at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. >>> a m
mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: this officer,'s defense team started their trial today against the fact that he murdered tyrone brown. tshamba claims it was self- defense. prosecution witnesses included a friend of brown's sister. have, she said she saw brown begging for his life. tshamba fired the service weapon over and over again. the officer's lawyers say that the witness' testimonies are inconcession taint -- inconsistent. >> both sides are indicating that he was wrong for...
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mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: the defense began by calling the sister of the man who was shot. they tried to poke holes in her account. she stood by it. the officer never identified himself and walked away after shooting her brother like nothing happened. >> reporter: the officer's defense team began their case after days of prosecution and testimony aimed at the theory that he murdered unarmed brown. tshamba says it was in self- defense a year ago. the prosecution witnesses included a friend of brown's sister. she witnessed brown begging for his life. tshamba fired the service weapon over and over again. the officer's lawyer says that the witness testimony is inconsistent. tshamba refused to take a breathalyzer test. the role of alcohol was a major part of the prosecution. >> both sides either indicate that he was wrong for what he did regardless of any intoxication or he was consistently doing what he was taught to do. >> reporter: the defense team plans on calling brown's sister to the stand. she was there and her statement was inconsistent with other witnesses. the brown fa
mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: the defense began by calling the sister of the man who was shot. they tried to poke holes in her account. she stood by it. the officer never identified himself and walked away after shooting her brother like nothing happened. >> reporter: the officer's defense team began their case after days of prosecution and testimony aimed at the theory that he murdered unarmed brown. tshamba says it was in self- defense a year ago. the prosecution witnesses...