COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The man accused of shooting and killing a Sheffield motel owner is on trial this week.
The trial started Monday, with jury selection. A jury was officially selected, Monday afternoon, and opening statements began on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning began with just an opening statement from district attorney Hal Hughston, saying that there was video surveillance and several witnesses who captured the moment Pravin Patel was shot and killed at the Hillcrest Motel. The defense attorney decided to hold off on his opening statement.
Hughston then started calling witnesses to the stand, beginning with David Montgomery, who lives right behind Hillcrest Motel.
Montgomery told the court, he saw Moore and Patel talking at the motel.
But the most dramatic evidence began with a Sheffield Police Investigator, who testified there was security camera footage.
Then, the video was played in a hushed courtroom. The video showed Moore walking a dog and walking near a room on the Hillcrest Motel property.
Pravin Patel is then seen in the video, telling Moore that he needed to leave the property and that Patel was not going to rent out a room to him.
As Moore walks away, the video appears to show Moore reaching his right hand to his waistband, grabbing a gun and shooting Patel, who then later died.
A 911 dispatcher testified, and two 911 calls were played for the jury. The callers sounded frantic and began describing what Moore looked like.
The day finished up with an Alabama Department of Forensic Science expert who told the court her findings were that Patel died from multiple gunshot wounds.
The trial will continue on Wednesday morning at 9:00, Judge Mitch Hays said he is anticipating that this case will conclude on Wednesday.
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