Opening statements and Grogan testimony detail 2002 shooting at 907 Angela

A Bexar County grand jury’s true bill charging Jose Mejia with the April 2002 shooting of Leroy Campos was read in the 170th Judicial District Court, and prosecutors told jurors they will show that Mejia returned to 907 Angela with a shotgun and killed Campos while wounding two others.

In an opening statement, a prosecutor said jurors would hear testimony and see photographs and other evidence tying the defendant to the April 25–26, 2002 incident in the Casiano Homes complex, including witness accounts and physical evidence. "Your home is supposed to be your safe haven," the prosecutor told the jury, framing the case as the breach of that safety when, the state says, the defendant brought a firearm into the apartment and shot the occupants.

Defense counsel countered in opening remarks that the evidence is not consistent and argued another man — identified in testimony by a street name as "Menace" and later referenced as Andrew Rodriguez — carried the gun. "My client was not there," defense counsel told the jury, urging jurors to weigh inconsistent statements among witnesses.

The sta…