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Jurors Deliberate 4th Of July Murder Case
Sir Mario Owens On Trial For Murder
POSTED: 11:24 am MST January 26,
2007
UPDATED: 7:14 pm MST January 26,
2007
AURORA, Colo. -- Jurors in Arapahoe County are deliberating in a murder trial in which one of the witnesses was shot to death before he could testify.Sir Mario Owens is charged with killing Gregory Vann at Lowry Park in Aurora during a Fourth of July celebration in 2004.Vann's mother spoke to the media for the first time Friday.
Owens still faces trial in the shooting death of Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancee Vivian Wolfe. The college sweethearts were gunned down in the middle of an intersection the night before Marshall-Fields was to testify in the Lowry Park murder case.Marshall-Fields and Vann had held the party in the park when a car with Owens and Robert Ray pulled up and there was a confrontation. A shooting ensued and Vann was killed and Marshall-Fields was injured.Owens' attorney said Owens was attacked and acted in self defense.Ray has already been convicted of being an accessory to murder in Vann's death. Ray faces 32 to 108 years in prison on seven of the nine charges. He'll be sentenced in February.
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Previous Stories:
- November 2, 2006: Jury Deliberates In Robert Ray Murder Trial
- November 1, 2006: Fate Of Man On Trial Placed In Jury's Hands
- October 31, 2006: Trial Comes To Close In 2004 Killing
- July 9, 2006: Trial Of Man Police Say Connected To Couple's Murder Begins Monday
- December 29, 2005: Suspect In Triple Shooting Back In Colorado
- December 12, 2005: Triple Shooting Suspect Has Extradition Hearing In Louisiana
- September 16, 2005: Police Make Arrest In Case Of Slain Sweethearts
- July 21, 2005: Families Of Gunned-Down Couple Take Case To Bus Benches
- June 24, 2005: Mothers Of Murdered Sweethearts Ask For Help
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