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CHARLOTTE – Three witnesses were called to the stand Thursday in the Demetrius Montgomery murder trial. The testimony included firsthand accounts from people near the crime scene and, at times, it was too emotional for some to handle.

Montgomery is charged with killing CMPD Officers Sean Clark and Jeff Shelton. Up until Thursday, nobody at the Timber Ridge Apartments the night of March 31, 2007 testified to more than just hearing gunshots.

But late Thursday afternoon, Paul Felder took the stand. He’s the first witness who testified to seeing someone run from the scene just moments after hearing the shots.

Felder told the jury the man was wearing a ripped white T-shirt with brown pants and braids in his hair. He broke down in tears describing the graphic details of the officers’ injuries.

He recalled telling people to call 911 and saying, “We have to help them. We have to do something.” As Felder continued with his testimony, two of the victims’ family members ran from the courtroom too emotional to keep their composure.

Earlier in the day, Willie McMickens said he saw the two officers struggling with a man then heard gunshots. He said he saw “two flames out of a gun then pop, pop (pause) pop, pop, pop. I couldn’t believe someone was shooting at the police.”

McMickens went on to say the person he saw fighting with the officers was the same man he ran into earlier that night, Demetrius Montgomery.

The defense tried to discredit McMickens’ testimony, pointing out it changed several times and that he never told anyone until this year that the man he saw was Montgomery.

The court did need to address a few issues Thursday including one witness who is dying of cancer. The prosecution requested to take court to the witness Friday morning.