Man accused of killing his cousin hears from witnesses

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- In a reddish jumpsuit, Gerrick Franklin sat successful a Fresno County courtroom Tuesday listening to witnesses.

Franklin is accused of shooting and sidesplitting his ain cousin, 33-year-old Tyler Hamon, last November successful northwest Fresno.

"He came implicit to our house, they went retired and hung unneurotic frequently," 1 witnesser said.

Action News could not amusement the faces oregon stock the names of witnesses arsenic they recalled that time astatine the Windscape Apartments connected Nees and Poplar Avenues.

"I did perceive a large sound and erstwhile I looked done the peep hole, I saw a black-hooded fig moving off," witnesser 2 said.

The witnesser could not place the idiosyncratic immoderate further.

Another witnesser says she was Hamon's woman and astatine the flat with him erstwhile idiosyncratic started banging and yelling astatine their door.

"Does Tyler get up?" the prosecution asked her.

"Yes," she responded.

"What does helium do?" the prosecution asked her.

"He gets up and tries to locomotion to the beforehand doorway to outcry thing astatine Gerrick," she explained.

Police accidental 5 shots rang retired astir midnight that night-- going done the doorway of the apartment.

"What did you bash erstwhile you heard those bullets?" the prosecution asked Hamon's girlfriend.

"I was conscionable laying there. I didn't cognize thing had happened until Tyler said that 1 had deed him," she explained.

Franklin's lawyer questioning that witness.

"Did you ever spot Gerrick sprout immoderate firearms?" his defence attorney, Eric Castellon asked her.

"No," she said.

When officers arrived, they recovered Hamon successful his bedroom, changeable successful his back.

Franklin was arrested 2 days later.

He antecedently pleaded not guilty to the murder.

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