A wounded policeman chased his assailants after he was shot, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
Maurice Armbrister and Excel Josey are on trial for the April 10, 2013 attempted murder of Superintendent Clayton Fernander during a failed bid to rob him of his gold chain outside his home in Fairview Heights.
They have denied the allegations at their trial before Justice Carolita Bethell.
Fernander's neighbor, Kelson Roberts, testified that he saw a white four-door Acura speed past shortly before Fernander pulled his red Ford Explorer into his driveway shortly after 9 p.m.
Roberts said he was at his landlord's door when he heard a scream followed by a single gunshot.
That's when Roberts said he saw Fernander running behind the Acura that he had seen previously. Roberts said he noticed Fernander was holding his hand when he came back and went inside his home.
Jamal Taylor, whose parents are Roberts' landlords, said he was upstairs getting the key to open the door for Roberts when he heard two gunshots.
Taylor said he looked through the window and saw two men running away.
They were dressed in dark clothing and had cloths covering their faces, he said. Taylor said the men were slim and about 5 feet, 10 inches tall.
Taylor said there was a surveillance system at his home and police retrieved the system's DVR.
Also testifying was crime scene officer Sergeant Gardell Rolle, who documented the scene with his digital camera.
Among the items that Rolle documented were suspected bloodstains on the driveway; the shattered rear windshield of a white Toyota Rav-4 in Fernander's driveway; latent prints on the two vehicles in Fernander's driveway; a gold chain and damaged gold ring in the driveway.
The case continues on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Wayne Munroe represents Armbrister and Romona Farquharson-Seymour represents Josey.
Neil Brathwaite, the assistant director of public prosecutions, and Kristin Stubbs appear for the Crown.

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