FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- In a red jumpsuit, Gerrick Franklin sat in a Fresno County courtroom Tuesday listening to witnesses.

Franklin is accused of shooting and killing his own cousin, 33-year-old Tyler Hamon, last November in northwest Fresno .

"He came over to our house, they went out and hung together frequently," one witness said.

Action News could not show the faces or share the names of witnesses as they recalled that day at the Windscape Apartments on Nees and Poplar Avenues.

"I did hear a loud noise and when I looked through the peep hole, I saw a black-hooded figure running off," witness two said.

The witness could not identify the person any further.

Another witness says she was Hamon's girlfriend and at the apartment with him when someone started banging and yelling at

See Full Page