In a quiet but clear voice, Rodney Jennings recounted the moment he shot and killed Raphael White.
Jennings told jurors on Thursday, the third day of his murder trial, he saw a firearm in White’s back pocket in the tense moments before the shooting on Jan. 28, 2014, and he fired his own weapon only when White reached for that gun.
“When I fired the shot, he just stood there,” Jennings said, dressed in a black button-up shirt and silver tie, glasses perched on his nose.
He looked down.
“He just stood there,” he repeated.