UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - The Latest on a trial for a man charged with murder in a deadly attack on a Maryland police station (all times local):
3:55 p.m.
Jurors have seen a cellphone video of a gunman’s deadly attack on a Maryland police station before an officer mistakenly killed an undercover detective who rushed to the scene of the shootout.
Prosecutor Carol Coderre told jurors at the start of Michael Ford’s murder trial on Wednesday that the gunman can be heard screaming obscenities and shouting, “Do something!” in between the shots he fired at the station.
Coderre says Ford’s unprovoked attack led to the friendly-fire shooting death of Prince George’s County police detective Jacai Colson.
Ford’s attorney, Antoini Jones, says his client was trying to provoke police into killing him and didn’t intend to harm anybody else.
Authorities have said fellow officer Taylor Krauss mistook Colson for an armed threat and shot him after Ford began firing. Two of Ford’s brothers filmed cellphone videos of the March 2016 shooting after driving him to the station.
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12:30 a.m.
A jury will determine whether a man committed murder when authorities said he attacked a Maryland police station, provoking a videotaped shootout in which an officer mistakenly killed an undercover detective.
Opening statements are expected to begin Wednesday for Michael Ford’s murder trial in the March 2016 shooting death of Prince George’s County police detective Jacai Colson.
Authorities have said fellow officer Taylor Krauss mistook the plainclothes-wearing narcotics detective for an armed threat and shot him after Ford began firing at the police station in a Washington, D.C., suburb. Police say Ford’s two brothers videotaped the attack.
The Washington Post reported that a judge ruled Ford can’t present an insanity defense at trial despite his serious mental-health issues.
Ford is charged with murder, attempted murder, assault and other offenses. His brothers pleaded guilty to related charges.
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