PHOENIX (AP) - The Latest on the retrial of a neo-Nazi charged with trying to kill a black man and fatally shooting the man’s white girlfriend during a dispute at a Phoenix park (all times local):
2:53 p.m.
A prosecutor says a neo-Nazi accused of trying to kill a black man and fatally shooting the man’s white girlfriend nine years ago in Phoenix was driven by hate.
Prosecutor Ryan Green told jurors Monday at Travis Ricci’s retrial in Kelly Ann Jaeger’s death that Ricci used racial slurs toward Jaeger’s boyfriend during a dispute.
Ricci is being retried after his first trial ended in a mistrial.
Authorities say Ricci harassed Jaeger’s boyfriend about dating a white woman.
Ricci is accused of leaving the scene and returning with a shotgun that he fired from a car.
Authorities say Ricci intended on shooting Jaeger’s boyfriend but instead struck Jaeger.
Defense attorney Bruce Blumberg says his client didn’t shoot Jaeger.
8:47 a.m.
Lawyers are scheduled to make opening statements Monday at the retrial of a neo-Nazi charged with trying to kill a black man and fatally shooting the man’s white girlfriend in 2009 at a Phoenix park.
Travis Ricci is being retried in Kelly Ann Jaeger’s death after his first trial in the killing ended in a mistrial because a witness, in response to a prosecutor’s question, revealed to jurors that Ricci had spent time in prison.
Authorities say Ricci yelled racial slurs during the confrontation at Jaeger’s boyfriend and harassed him about dating a white woman.
Ricci is accused of leaving the scene and returning with a shotgun that he fired from a car.
Authorities say Ricci intended on shooting Jaeger’s boyfriend but instead struck Jaeger.
Ricci pleaded not guilty.
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