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Crime‑scene tech and ID tech testified on photographs, blood evidence, casings and firearms
Summary
Crime‑scene technicians and an ID technician testified about photographs of the scene and hospital, recovery of two casings (identified as 9mm), and photographs of two firearms taken at the police department on March 28, 2022.
Crime‑scene technicians and an ID technician testified to their processing of the parking‑lot scene, hospital documentation and later handling of firearms connected to the March 27, 2022 incident.
Michelle Cera, a Beaumont crime‑scene technician, described taking numerous photographs at 2250 West Virginia (states exhibits 3–23), documenting possible blood residue and recovering two bullet casings from the passenger‑side rear floorboard. When asked the caliber of the photographed casings, she answered, "9 millimeter." The casings were later photographed again at the PD (states exhibits 24–25).
Anessa Barnett, an ID technician, testified she photographed the victim at Saint Elizabeth Hospital (states exhibits 27–32), bagged the victim's hands to preserve potential gunshot residue and later photographed two firearms brought to the PD the next day (states exhibits 33–40). She said she swabbed the weapons for DNA and turned items into property.
Defense counsel questioned chain‑of‑custody foundations and relevance for the firearms photos at that stage; prosecutors said additional witnesses and foundation would link the firearms to the video evidence. Both crime‑scene techs and the ID technician stated their reports were prepared contemporaneously and that their testimony matched their reports.
