Kate Snow

This is a man who actually lived in the apartment complex with Brian Pata.

And on the day of the shooting, as he was walking home, he said he heard a pop.

And then he saw somebody walking briskly past him.

It didn't mean much to this person, Paul Connor.

But later, when he heard reports of the shooting, he realized he should call the police.

And the police had him do a sketch.

Seven months later, police called him in again and asked him to try to identify the person that he saw in a photo lineup, and he did.

So that was in 2007.

Years passed, a new detective got the case, and Rashawn Jones was arrested.

By that point, Paul Connor was in his late 70s, and prosecutors did something unusual.

So what they did is they decided to, in a pretrial hearing, have him testify on videotape just in case something happened to him.

It's called perpetuated testimony.

And as far as the prosecution is concerned, they're glad they did because soon after testifying, Paul Connor vanished.

And they suspected he had died.

Ultimately, investigative journalists at ESPN, they were able to find Paul Connor and get him to do an interview with

What did he tell the reporters, Jay?

Well, he basically told them that he didn't remember much, and he sounded very unsure of himself.

In the end, the judge ruled that Mr. Conner was not able to testify.

She allowed Paul Conner's 2022 videotaped statement to be played before the jury in this trial.

Let's listen to some of that testimony.