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BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich.-- Monday marked day four in the trial of Rigoberto Gomez, and ABC57 remains the only camera in the courtroom. The 47-year-old is charged with shooting and killing 36-year-old Chad Medlin, an army veteran and Eau Claire firefighter, in the early morning hours of Nov. 2, 2024.

The prosecution called up crime lab technicians and forensic scientists, who testified about the ballistics and DNA evidence in this case.

A South Bend Police Department Crime Lab Tool Mark Examiner, who Judge Gary Bruce qualified as an expert witness in the matter, testified that he test-fired about seven rounds from the gun found and admitted into evidence as the murder weapon. He t

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