08-22-2014, 03:18 PM
Here's some more detail on the witness testimony.
Two of the witnesses, William Taylor Duncan, 17, and Landon Lain, 18, testified they saw the crash while driving home together that night. They pulled over when flagged down for help by a man saying his son had been hit.
"(He said) 'Call the police, my kid has been hit, make sure they don't leave,'" Duncan told jurors. He said he believed the man was referring to any occupants in the Malibu.
Lain said he then drove his vehicle in between Barajas' Ford 250 truck and Banda's car before the teens got out.
On a 911 recording of call from Lain, he can be heard telling a dispatcher he heard a gunshot before the line disconnects.
Duncan told jurors he stood a few feet in front of Banda's car. Lain said he was also in front of Banda's car.
Each teen told jurors the man who flagged them down, asking them to help his children, was not at the crash site for about three minutes. They say he later returned and approached the Malibu.
The teens testified they later heard a gunshot, but neither say they saw anyone with a weapon.
The teens said they got scared after hearing the shots and left the scene. They returned later that night with Lain's father.
Another witness who came upon the crash was Tammy Archuleta, a cafeteria cook at the same school attended by the Barajas siblings.
She was on her way home when she came upon the wreck. Archuleta saw a man, who appeared angry. However, she could not identity him as Barajas.
Archuleta also told jurors she heard gunfire minutes after she arrived, but her back was to the crash site and she did not see anyone with a weapon.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/art...547.php#/0
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Somehow Banda was executed with all of these witnesses present during a very tight time frame, but nobody saw the shooting. You're right -- it is ah-mazing. Unbelievable, even.
Two of the witnesses, William Taylor Duncan, 17, and Landon Lain, 18, testified they saw the crash while driving home together that night. They pulled over when flagged down for help by a man saying his son had been hit.
"(He said) 'Call the police, my kid has been hit, make sure they don't leave,'" Duncan told jurors. He said he believed the man was referring to any occupants in the Malibu.
Lain said he then drove his vehicle in between Barajas' Ford 250 truck and Banda's car before the teens got out.
On a 911 recording of call from Lain, he can be heard telling a dispatcher he heard a gunshot before the line disconnects.
Duncan told jurors he stood a few feet in front of Banda's car. Lain said he was also in front of Banda's car.
Each teen told jurors the man who flagged them down, asking them to help his children, was not at the crash site for about three minutes. They say he later returned and approached the Malibu.
The teens testified they later heard a gunshot, but neither say they saw anyone with a weapon.
The teens said they got scared after hearing the shots and left the scene. They returned later that night with Lain's father.
Another witness who came upon the crash was Tammy Archuleta, a cafeteria cook at the same school attended by the Barajas siblings.
She was on her way home when she came upon the wreck. Archuleta saw a man, who appeared angry. However, she could not identity him as Barajas.
Archuleta also told jurors she heard gunfire minutes after she arrived, but her back was to the crash site and she did not see anyone with a weapon.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/art...547.php#/0
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Somehow Banda was executed with all of these witnesses present during a very tight time frame, but nobody saw the shooting. You're right -- it is ah-mazing. Unbelievable, even.