Mother of alleged killer testifies in northwest Fresno murder case

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- New position connected the time prosecutors accidental Stewart Coleman changeable and killed Carl Johnson was shared successful tribunal Monday, by the accused killer's mother.

"As he's approaching the shed and helium comes successful I recognize that helium is not doing well, that his eyes is blank, there's thing there," said Wanda Coleman.

She explained to the tribunal that her lad Stewart is schizophrenic, and has struggled with intelligence wellness for 30 years.

On August 2, she says Stewart was having an occurrence that convinced him his beingness was successful danger, and that information was Carl Johnson, a antheral Stewart had ne'er met.

"He said helium felt helium was determination to termination him, helium kept saying 'you're present to termination me, you're present to termination me," Wanda said arsenic she recalled her son's words.

Wanda initially called Stewart implicit to present him to Johnson, who was his precocious father's sportfishing buddy.

Johnson was determination to instrumentality sportfishing instrumentality from a shed that Wanda offered to him.

But erstwhile Wanda realized what was happening, she grabbed Stewart, and desperately tried to calm him down.

"I'm inactive trying to get him back," she said, "trying to get him to spot that what's happening is not happening."

Moments later, Wanda says she noticed a weapon successful Stewart's close manus and told Johnson to permission the shed.

As she struggled to support the weapon astatine Stewart's side, Wanda fell to the crushed and mislaid show of the situation

That's erstwhile she heard the dependable of gunfire.

"I was looking astatine Carl and I was reasoning thing had happened to him, but past helium sat down connected the grass, and past I realized that I seen a spread connected his shirt," she said arsenic she relived the tragic moment.

After calling for an ambulance, Wanda says she recovered her lad sitting connected the porch, besides calling for help.

Stewart would hold determination until authorities arrived.