Law enforcement experts expected to testify in fourth day of Curtis Reeves trial - FOX 13 Tampa Bay

DADE CITY, Fla. - More law enforcement experts are expected to testify Thursday at the Curtis Reeves trial. The retired Tampa police captain said he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Chad Oulson eight years ago inside a movie theater.

Reeves, who is now 79, is charged with second-degree murder.

On Wednesday, a medical examiner demonstrated how Oulson was shot while his wife's hand was on his chest, pulling him back. The jury also saw graphic images of Oulson's autopsy.

"I believe that her pinky finger is bent back a little bit like this," explained Dr. Jon Thogmartin, "and a bullet comes in goes through this finger pierces the top of that finger goes into Mr. Oulson‘s chest."

A paramedic also testified saying he flushed Reeves' left eye with water and didn't see an injury.

Later, prosecutors switched from science to speculation. The doctor was asked what type of injuries could someone wearing glasses suffer from a cellphone being thrown.

"If you’re gonna get impacted significantly glasses will protect your eyes to a good degree," Dr. Thogmartin offered. "If it’s an injury it’s so subtle it would not immediately stand out to me in the photograph."

RECAP: Trial of Curtis Reeves underway 8 years after deadly shooting inside Florida movie theater

The defense claims Oulson threw his cellphone at Reeves moments before the shooting, but prosecutors say that's not true. They said surveillance video doesn't show it and witnesses in the theater never saw it.

Theater shooting witnesses testify on day 2 of Curtis Reeves trial

Witness after witness took the stand Tuesday in the trial of Curtis Reeves, the man accused of fatally shooting Chad Oulson in a Wesley Chapel movie theater back in 2014. Tuesday's testimony painted the defendant as angry and aggressive, moments before he pulled the trigger.

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Throughout the week, those who were in the same movie theater as Reevesand Oulson back in 2014 when the deadly shooting took place took the stand – including Chad's wife, Nicole.

Charles Cummings was the first witness to testify. He said he remembers the two men arguing and seconds later, popcorn being thrown.

"Popcorn in the air then a flash, bang," Cummings recalled Tuesday in court.

He said after the shooting, he heard Oulson say something.

"He said ‘I can’t believe he shot me,’ recalled Cummings.

Nicole took the stand Monday, explaining in her own words what happened back on January 13, 2014.

Theater shooting victim's widow relives husband's death

Nicole Oulson told the jury how her husband, Chad's encounter with Curtis Reeves during the previews of a matinée movie went from slightly tense conversation to gunfire in a matter of minutes.

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"I see his eyes were just glazed over and I knew at that moment," she explained. "I told him, ‘Chad, we need you, please hang in there, we need you.’"

She said Chad was quietly scrolling on his phone before the movie started when Reeves leaned forward and told him to put the phone away. Nicole said her husband may have been waiting for a message from their daughter's preschool.

When Chad Oulson did not put the phone away, Reeves left to get theater management. When he came back, she says her husband had put his phone away. However, the argument continued to escalate.

She said the next few seconds went by quickly. Despite that, attorneys made her recall it, second by second, having her stand near a poster where a photo of the theater seats leaned on an easel for the jury to see.

She says she didn’t see the moment that Oulson threw popcorn on Reeves, nor any other aggression until that fatal shot. She says she was trying to tap her husband to get him to turn around, and that’s when Reeves fired. But the defense argued that as a retired police captain, Reeves would be able to recognize a dangerous situation.

Testimony resumes Thursday morning.

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