. >> reporter: lawyers fighting for her freedom say that tiniko thompson is a victim claiming that her police officer boyfriend was physically abusive and saying that she shot him accidentally as they struggled positive for tiniko thompson's dna up on his fingernails. >> reporter: before police charged her with second degree murder she told wtvj her boyfriend officer carl patrick put a gun in her face the night he died in may of 2014. >> and i held on, and we struggled because i wasn't going to let go. >> reporter: but prosecutors say it's all a lie saying that for 13 months she pretended she was pregnant with his child and the fight broke out, they say, when he learned the truth. steve osunsami, abc news atlanta. >>> the man who climbed trump tower here in new york has been arraigned. 19-year-old steven rigato of virginia used suction cups to scale the tower to the 21st floor. prosecutors say he actually planned and practiced the climb ordering the equipment on amazon and waiting until his parents were away before going to new york city. he entered no plea from a hospital room where h

tiniko thompson has already self-defense to get this dismissed and it didn't work. after the shooting her boyfriend was still alive and she said she left him to die. in this courtroom lawyers fighting for her freedom say tiniko thompson is a victim claiming that her police officer boyfriend was physically abusive showing what she says were injuries from the beatings and saying that she shot him accidentally as they struggled over his gun. >> dna swabs come back positive for tiniko thompson's dna up under his fingernails. >> reporter: even before police charged her, she told wtvy her boyfriend put a gun in her face the night he died in may of 2014. >> he scared me. i feared for my life and i held on, and we struggled because i wasn't going to let go. >> reporter: it's the same account she tearfully told investigators with cameras rolling. >> i didn't do -- i didn't kill carl. i love carl with all my heart. >> reporter: but prosecutors say pregnant with his child even sending texts and photos to friends and the fight broke out, they say, when he learned the truth. the

in this florida courtroom, lawyers fighting for her freedom say that tiniko thompson is a victim -- claiming that her police officer boyfriend was physically abusive, showing what she says were injuries from the beatings, and saying that she shot him accidently as they struggled over his gun. sot/ rod vereen from her lawyer talking about this, maybe the dna byte dna swabs come back positive. on his finger nails. even before police charged her with second degree murder, she told wtvj in miami that her boyfriend officer carl patrick put a gun in her face the night he died in may of 2014 ((w/ 2014 matte)) sot: "he scared me, i feared for my life. and i held on, and we struggled because i wasn't going to let go." it's the same account she tearfully told investigators, with cameras rolling? nats: "i didn't kill carl. i didn't kill carl." but -- saying that for 13 months she pretended she was pregnant with his child, even sending texts and photos to friends -- and the fight broke out, they say, when he learned the truth. gfx the state says officer patrick could have survived the gunshot wound, but