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Testimony resumes in German student killing

FILE - In this May 21, 2014 file photo, Marcus Kaarma, right, is followed into Missoula District Court by his girlfriend Janelle with their child in Missoula, Mont. Jury selection began Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 in the trial of Kaarma, a Montana man charged with fatally shooting Diren Dede, a German exchange student who broke into his garage. (AP Photo/The Missoulian, Michael Gallacher, File) FILE - In this May 21, 2014 file photo, Marcus Kaarma, right, is followed into Missoula District Court by his girlfriend Janelle with their child in Missoula, Mont. Jury selection began Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 in the trial of Kaarma, a Montana man charged with fatally shooting Diren Dede, a German exchange student who broke into his garage. (AP Photo/The Missoulian, Michael Gallacher, File)

By Associated Press December 8, 2014 1 min read

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – Police officers who found a German high school exchange student wounded but still alive after being shot by a Montana man are set to resume testifying in the man’s murder trial in Missoula.

Markus Kaarma is charged with baiting 17-year-old Diren Dede into sneaking into Kaarma’s darkened garage on April 27 and killing him with four shotgun blasts. Kaarma insists he feared for his life and didn’t know if the intruder was armed.

Trial resumes Monday after prosecution witnesses testified last week that Kaarma had been on edge at the time due to recent burglaries and exhibited erratic behavior.