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Like just taking breaths of air. >> reporter: she tells the prosecutor about a facetime call with wrights mother while she was still in the car. >> you said you pointed the camera at him. >> yes. so mom could see -- >> reporter: the officer who witnessed the crash testifying that he didnt know wright had been shot, and ordered him to exit the vehicle. >> put your hands up. get out of the car. yes, you. >> reporter: the police getting wrights girlfriend out of the car, then cuffing her and leadin...

Ive never seen him like that before. i just remember like hearing the bang of the gun and that then i remember looking up. >> reporter: wrights girlfriend telling the court what happened after the shooting. >> i took my belt off and i grabbed like whatever was in the car. i dont remember. it was a sweater, a towel or like something. i didnt know what to do. i just put my hands over it. i just tried to hold it and tried to scream his name. i replay that image in my head daily. >> reporter: after ...

About it on the witness stand he had always insisted on his innocence saying there was no hoax, but the prosecution told jurors that he had orchestrated a hate crime, paying two brothers to stage the attack smollett now could face up to three years in prison. it is expected his lawyers will appeal, but it is not over with that. the city of chicago is suing him in civil court for $130,000, the cost of the police investigation. lester >> all right, rehema ellis in chicago with the breaking news. t...

Wright was shot before anyone tried to render medical aid. also, at the end of the day, outside the presence of the jury, defense attorney requested a mistrial saying, quote, i didnt see any evidence directed at the proof of guilt today. by contrast, the prosecution saying all of the evidence was admissible, and the evidence is needed to refute the defenses claim that wright caused his own death. the judge in this case denying that request for a mistrial. christine and laura? >> all right, adrie...

>> shannon: molly line. thank you. another day kim potter who shot and killed daunte wright last april. she says she mistook her gun for her taser. several law enforcement witnesses took the stand today along with wrights -- she give emotional testimony describing the minutes right after. >> talk to me and kept saying say something. say something, please. talk to me. and he just did them. i know he tried. i cant get -- the image of my head. >> first and second three main manslaughter ghislaine m...

Payton was in the car with wright at the time of his deadly shooting. >> i just shot him. >> reporter: she testified they had only been dating about three weeks. >> i tried to push on his chest. and called his name. and he wasnt answering me. he was just gasping. like just taking breaths of air. >> reporter: officer kimberly potters immediate reaction to the shooting was played for the court wednesday. >> oh, my god. im going to go to prison. >> reporter: testimony today focusing on the shooting...

And call his name. he wasnt answering me. he was just gasping. just take breaths of air. >> reporter: she tells the prosecutor about a face time call with wrights mother while still million car. >> you pointed the camera at him. >> yes. no mom should have to see that. >> reporter: the officer testifying me didnt know wright had been shot and order him to exit the vehicle. sdpr put sdpr. >> kput your hands up. >> reporter: the police getting wriegtss girlfriend out of the car, cuffing her and lea...

>> there were shots fired down there? >> i dont know. i didnt hear that. it was a traffic stop. they had one with a warrant. as im pulling up this way, the car takes off, hits the subaru and crashes here. hes got a gunshot wound. i didnt fire it, i dont know about that. obviously he got shots between there and here. >> reporter: while on the stand wrights girlfriend detailed the injuries from the crash. >> my jaw, i was walking and blood was spewing from my bowels. >> reporter: now kimberly pott...

Albrecht-payton. she took us inside the white vehicle wright was driving, the video scene weve seen played over and over again during the course of the trial on the body cam. she tells us what happened through her lens, what she saw and how she responded after wright was shot. listen in. >> i tried to push on his chest and call his name. and he wasnt answering me. he was just, um, gasping, like, just, just taking breaths of air. >> reporter: albrecht-payton also sustained several injuries, inclu...

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