Defense alleges man accused acted in self defense [Video]

NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE IN DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROSECUTORS LAY OUT THE CASE AGAINST THIS ACCUSED MURDERER. GOOD EVENING. I’M QUANECIA FRASER. I’M BILL SCHAMMERT. JURORS ARE HEARING THE EVIDENCE AGAINST ALDRICH SCOTT. HE’S CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AND KILLING CORY ALLEN IN 2022. THEN LEAVING THE COUNTRY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S SARAH FILI IS LIVE WITH WHAT BOTH SIDES ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CASE. SARAH. IN OPENING STATEMENTS, PROSECUTORS LAID OUT HOW CORY ALLEN QUOTE, BEGAN DATING ALDRICH SCOTT, THE MAN WHO WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE HER LIFE. END QUOTE, THE DEFENSE ARGUING IT WAS ACTUALLY CORY WHO HAD THE GUN, SAYING SCOTT ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE. IT ALL STARTED WITH A DATE. HONESTLY. THAT NIGHT WHEN I GOT THE PHONE CALL, I WAS SHOCKED. I, I JUST, I FIGURED THAT I INITIALLY THOUGHT MAYBE SHE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND MAKE IT HOME. MARK FURNAS AND CORY ALLEN HAD BEEN ON …