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    Murder or self-defense?

    Posted on July 19, 2019

    Kayla Pittman (right) appeared in court for the first time since her arraignment to share her side of the story regarding the night Shawnie Easlick was shot and killed.

    By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff writer

    More than half of those present during the Dec. 9, 2018, early-morning shooting of Shawnie Easlick testified in Kayla Pittman’s self-defense motion hearing on Thursday, with eyewitness accounts differing significantly depending on who took the stand.

    One witness, wearing a stained and untucked shirt, who appeared to be unsteady on his feet and stumbled through incomplete responses, eventually had his testimony cut short after claiming he could not remember — aside from being “passed out” in his van — when asked about certain events from that fateful night.

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