Jury begins deliberating case of Thanksgiving shooting in Costa Mesa
Prosecutors alleged the defendant attacked the victims over a minor traffic collision, but he claims he acted in self-defense.
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Prosecutors alleged the defendant attacked the victims over a minor traffic collision, but he claims he acted in self-defense.
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"So I stood right there, stood my ground, and the guy starts coming at me," the defendant said from the witness stand Thursday.
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Lucas Rivera-Velasco, the victim, "was murdered over minor, trivial, and as it would later become known to everyone, nonexistent property damage," prosecutors alleged during opening statements Thursday.