Newly released shows the moments before a deadly family feud in central Fresno four years ago.<\/p>\n
The footage reveals a confrontation that escalated into an all-out brawl within moments. A bat can be seen during the fight.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a woman highlighted in the video testified in court.<\/p>\n
She is in the Witness Protection Program and cannot be shown or named.<\/p>\n
“He said he needed my help because he’d gotten a call from Stacy and her mom (saying) that the ex-boyfriend was going to come and cause some trouble,” the witness said about her son, Bobby, who died.<\/p>\n
Bobby, whose full name was Raul Nunez, died with his girlfriend, Stacy Zurita.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say Gerardo Zurita and Leobardo Zurita killed them in a drive-by shooting.<\/p>\n
They have each pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.<\/p>\n
“Gerardo was driving. Leobardo was in the passenger seat. Bobby was standing, talking to Gerardo,” the witness said.<\/p>\n
Defense attorneys focused on the witness’s potential motivation, highlighting her participation in the protection program.<\/p>\n
“Is it true that they have paid you $87,000 in rent?” defense attorney Margarita Martinez-Baly asked.<\/p>\n
“If those are the numbers, yes, but I don’t keep track,” the witness responded.<\/p>\n
“Okay, but it’s a lot,” the attorney said.<\/p>\n
Martinez-Baly told the judge that the money goes to the motive behind the woman’s testimony and why she may have decided to come forward.<\/p>\n
“Well, is it going to stop after you’ve testified at trial?” the attorney asked about the funds.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know. Does it matter?” the witness responded.<\/p>\n
The witness said she does not go anywhere because she is afraid of being attacked or killed.<\/p>\n
She identified the defendants in court, the father and son, several times and defended her decision to accept protection payments.<\/p>\n
“They’ve given you $10,000 for incidentals. Is that correct?” Martinez-Baly asked.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, because the murderers knew where I lived,” the witness said.<\/p>\n
The judge is still hearing evidence in the case and will decide whether it can go to trial.<\/p>\n
Jurors could hear about a potential motive that defense attorneys say centers around self-defense.<\/p>\n
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