Prosecutors say Rainier Jefferson killed Mallery Armijo over a salad and should be found guilty of first-degree murder.

An attorney for Jefferson says he was outnumbered by drug users armed with knives and a gun, one of whom threatened him and pelted him with racial slurs. There is not enough evidence to convict him, she says.

Soon, a jury will decide; Jefferson’s trial began with opening statements Tuesday.

Now 37, Jefferson was arrested in 2023 after the fatal shooting outside a 7-Eleven near Sahara Avenue and Joe W Brown Drive.

Deputy District Attorney Kayla Farzaneh-Simmons showed jurors surveillance video from the store and narrated the events leading up to the shooting. She said it was just after midnight when Armijo and her friends arrived at the convenience store where Jefferso

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