Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo Trial

Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo's trial is scheduled to start Monday, April 6 and could last weeks. Media outlets have been prohibited from streaming live video of the trial but our investigations team will follow the trial each step of the way and update you right here on newsnet5.com.

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Holcomb said none of the officers he interviewed mentioned seeing another officer on the hood of Timothy Russell's car. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/7/2015 1:38:10 PM
E. Cleveland Detective Reginald Holcomb is on the stand. He interviewed officers who did not fire their weapons on Nov. 29 2012 #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/7/2015 1:36:16 PM
"The only time I receive a call is when someone has died." - Holcomb on why he was called to the November 29, 2012 scene. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/7/2015 1:31:55 PM
Holcomb interviewed six officer. He says no one mentioned an shooting from the hood of Timothy Russell's car #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/7/2015 1:31:11 PM
Holcomb was called to the scene on November 29, 2012 and was assigned to conduct interviews with CPD officers who had not fired their weapons. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/7/2015 1:23:15 PM
Court now in session. East Cleveland police detective Reginald Holcomb just took the stand. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/7/2015 1:11:54 PM
Day 2 of the Michael #Brelotrial about to begin. Expect testimony from an East Cleveland police officer this morning. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CB_bpY5WEAAxHCX.jpg

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/7/2015 1:04:49 PM
CPD officer Vasile Nan on stand. He started the chain of events after he thought he heard a gun shot coming from Russell's car. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 7:17:49 PM
Trial resumes. CPD Officer John Jordan now on the stand. He pulled over Russell earlier on the evening of November 29, 2012 #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 6:38:36 PM
Judge will now take a break and go back on the record at 2:35 p.m. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 5:05:27 PM
Prosecutor Rick Bell says police officers will be testifying this afternoon. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 5:00:51 PM
Prosecutors say their AVL expert will testify on Wednesday, lighting expert will testify on Thursday #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 4:58:02 PM
O'Donnell says he expects to view some of the chase route and scene. O'Donnell overruled defendant's objection to the model of the scene being used in court. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 4:55:15 PM
Judge John O'Donnell discussing motion to take him to view the November 29, 2012 chase route and shooting scene. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 4:52:38 PM
D'Angelo says Brelo acted with "legal justification" in this case. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 4:50:53 PM
Cleveland City Council members Jeff Johnson and Zack Reed have been inside the courtroom since the proceedings started at 9 a.m. They are sitting on the same side as the victims' family members. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 4:50:22 PM
Brelo's attorney, Pat D'Angelo, says state's own expert concedes Brelo believed his own life was on the line. There is "one scapegoat," he said. Other 12 officers who fired shots were deemed to have acted legally. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 4:39:50 PM
Brelo appears very solemn as prosecutors play audio of the barrage of shots he allegedly fired at the conclusion of the shooting. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 3:08:37 PM
Bell says the "kill shots" were fired in a downward trajectory consistent with someone firing from up above the hood of the car. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 3:06:55 PM
Bell also says Timothy Russell was still alive when Brelo fired shots through the front windshield of his car #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:56:06 PM
Cuyahoga Co. Rick Bell says Malissa Williams "would be alive" when Brelo jumped up on the hood of the car. Bell says Brelo fired the shots that killed her #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:49:22 PM
Bell is showing a picture of a mannequin of Timothy Russell marked where Russell was shot by officer #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:42:43 PM
Bell says Brelo reloaded his gun twice during the shooting. #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:37:46 PM
#Brelotrial 49 of the shell casings recovered at the scene came from Brelo's gun.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:53 PM
Bell says the day after the shooting Brelo was on the phone 29 times, including to his mentor, Lt. Mark Ketterer. Bell says Brelo told Ketterer he was on the hood and that he felt like he was back in Iraq #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:50 PM
#Brelotrial Bell says Brelo says nothing about being on the hood of Russell's car. Brelo is "claiming amnesia", according to Bell.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:48 PM
#Brelotrial Bell says they will show the court the video of Brelo's interview with BCI Investigators. During the interview. he says Brelo "attempts to cover up" his final actions where he shot from the trunk of the zone car and the hood of the Malibu.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:47 PM
#Brelotrial Bell says Brelo jumped up on the hood of the Russell's car and fired the final, fatal shots to make sure Russell and Williams were dead.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:45 PM
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Rick Bell will now take over as prosecutors continue their opening statements. Bell says November 29, 2012 was a "disgraceful" day for the City of Cleveland.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:41 PM
#Brelotrial East Cleveland police officers initially took over the investigation. The officers who fired shots sat together and were not initially questioned. BCI investigators arrived at 3:15 a.m. to take control of the crime scene.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:36 PM
#Brelotrial Barnhill is listing each of the 13 officers who fired during the shooting and how many shots they fired. To explain the shooting, she is showing Cuyahoga Judge John P. O'Donnell a model of where each car was located during the incident. Brelo's partner fired 19 shots from inside and next to Zone Car 217. Brelo fired at least 49 times.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:34 PM
#Brelotrial Barnhill says they know from the shell casings how many shots were fired and which officers fired shots.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:33 PM
#Brelotrial Barnhill says Russell had "no escape" when he pulled into the Heritage Middle School parking lot. Officer Wilfredo Diaz fired the first four shots. No shot was ever fired from inside from Russell's Malibu. Shots that were believed to be from the Malibu were actually shots from other officers.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:31 PM
CPD policy is that only 2 zone cars may get involved in the case. Barnhill says that was "ignored" as zone cars continued to join in the chase. #Brelotrial Prosecutors now showing the AVL data from zone cars the night of the chase.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:30 PM
Prosecutors are showing the route of the chase. It started in downtown Cleveland and ended up in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland. More than 60 police cars joined the pursuit, according Cuyahoga Co. prosecutor Erica Barnhill. Brelo and his partner, Cynthia Moore, were in zone car 217 that night.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:29 PM
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Erica Barnhill is now speaking. She is giving information about the timeline of events the night of the November 2012 police chase and shooting.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:27 PM
Judge O'Donnell is taking a brief break. Prosecutors will finish their opening statements after the break.

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:23 PM
Court is back in session #Brelo trial

by Sarah Buduson 4/6/2015 2:34:21 PM
Police union tried to obscure the truth about Michael Brelo - Royster #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:36 PM
The police were a "mob" led by their own supervisors during November 2012 chase #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:35 PM
Both Timothy and Malissa have family in the courtroom today #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:34 PM
Prosecutors showing pictures of Timothy Russell #Brelotrial

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:33 PM
Bonnie and Clyde were hit with fewer bullets than Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams. - Cuy. Co. prosecutor Sherri Royster

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:31 PM
Prosecutor Rick Bell beginning opening statements.

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:30 PM
Michael Brelo trial about to start. Packed courtroom.

by Sarah Buduson via twitter 4/6/2015 1:22:29 PM