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Beginning now. he admits to shooting her but claims it was an accident, open arguments starting 40 minutes ago. fill up all the way, a, also a former police officer who served as a legal advisor to the georgia sheriff department, thank you for being with us today. a little bit of news as we start, apparently the defense attorney has decided to call this and go after this as a tragic accident defense. what does that mean? >> what they are saying is he had a gun but it was an accidental discharge. let me tell you something. triggers do not pull themselves. this defendant admitted he fired the gu...

The tragic accident defense here, really hoping this jury finds on a lesser charge of man slaughter. 45-year-old jose inez garcia says he found the gun under a bench and that it went off when he picked it up. the prosecution says the shooting may not have been planned but that reckless disregard for human life and meets the criteria for second degree murder. there were no eyewitnesss and both sides are using surveillance video at the pier shot from a quarter mile away. the public defender said what it shows is open to interpretation. >> while garcia is seated on the pier, there are about, i do...

Good reason. he's a celebrity, he's an olympian, people know him, and i'm sure they know where he lives. he might be someone who's nervous, who has a lot of security concerns. but i think to a certain degree that security concern is well founded. but again, it does tell us we have someone that might have a bit more of an eager trigger finger, so to speak, than just a regular, average person. jenna: so, rachel, if you were preparing for this case, what's the first move that you would make if you were part of his defense team? >> i would start investigating all of the crime statistics regarding ...