Johnston County man's murder trial set for closing arguments
GUN VIOLENCE ANY TIME BY GOING
TO WRAL DOT COM
>> IN ONE HOUR, A JURY IN
JOHNSON COUNTY WILL HEAR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE MURDER
TRIAL OF DORIAN THOMAS. HE'S
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS CHILD'S
AUNT DURING A CUSTODY EXCHANGE,
WRS CHELSEA DONOVAN HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS TRIAL. SHE JOINS
US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE. CHELSEA.
YES, ARE IN A AFTER 5 DAYS OF
TESTIMONY, THE JURY IS LIKELY
GOING TO GET THIS CASE JUST
ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THOSE
CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND THEY'LL
HAVE TO DECIDE IF 50 YEAR-OLD
DORIAN THOMAS INTENDED TO PULL
THE TRIGGER.
>> SHOOTING EMILY STEINHOFF
HIS CHILD'S AND NOW THE DEFENSE
PUT 50 YEAR-OLD THOMAS ON THE
STAND YESTERDAY WHERE HE SPENT
CLOSE TO 7 HOURS TESTIFYING IN
HIS OWN DEFENSE THOMAS CONTENDS
THAT HE TOOK HIS GUN OUT WHEN
HIS EX HILLARY LOMBARDI AND
EMILY STEINHOFF CAME BANGING ON
THE DOOR TO PICK UP THE CHILD
THAT THE COUPLE SHARED THOMAS
STATES. THE SHOOTING WAS AN
ACCIDENT AFTER HE AND HILLARY
LOMBARDI GOT INTO A SCUFFLE
AND SHE GOT A HOLD OF HIS GUN
AND IT WENT OFF. THEN STEINHOFF
SUFFERED A FATAL GUNSHOT WOUND
RIGHT THERE ON THOMAS'S PORCH.
NOW THE STATE BELIEVES IT
WASN'T AN ACCIDENT AND NOT IN
SELF-DEFENSE. AND THAT THOMAS
INTENDED TO KILL THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED ONE DAY BEFORE THOMAS
AND LOMBARDI. WE'RE SET TO HAVE
A CUSTODY HEARING FOR THEIR
DAUGHTER IN WHICH THOMAS WAS
LOOKING TO GAIN FULL CUSTODY
OF NOW THE JURY. AGAIN WILL
HEAR THOSE CLOSING ARGUMENTS
BEGINNING AT 01:00PM. SO JUST
LESS THAN AN HOUR NOW WILL, OF
COURSE, STREAM THAT ON WRAL COM
AND THEN AFTERWARD WILL LIKELY
BE IN VERDICT. WATCH LIVE IN