Drug dealer Damian Hudson testified that on July 7, 2023, the day Caroline Huebner-Makurat was struck and killed outside the Leslieville safe injection site , he fired a single bullet in self-defence after being shot at.

The 34-year-old, who is on trial for second-degree murder, has admitted he fired the shot that killed Huebner-Makurat, but has pleaded not guilty.

Hudson, speaking with a soft voice and being asked repeatedly by Superior Court Justice Michael Brown to speak up, told the jury he went to the safe injection site that day to sell drugs that were in short supply and to meet with a worker from the site named Khalila Mohammed.

In a series of text messages between Hudson and Mohammed shown to the jury, Hudson testified he agreed to go meet with Mohammed who had been texti

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