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Jurors who began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of a man charged with the 2022 shooting death of Dustin Banteah must choose between two conflicting accounts of the killing.

Chistopher Wade, 32, who is on trial for first-degree murder and other charges, told jurors that he fatally shot Banteah in self-defense after the larger Banteah violently and repeatedly attacked him during a night of heavy drinking by both men.

Jurors will continue deliberations Wednesday. Wade鈥檚 trial began Sept. 11 in 2nd Judicial District Judge Lucy Solimon鈥檚 court.

Wade鈥檚 testimony contradicted that of a witness who told jurors he saw Wade raise a sawed-off shotgun and shoot the unarmed Banteah at close range as the two argued outside the apartment building.

The witness, Izaac Reyes-Ruiz, told jurors that he had tried to prevent the tragedy by speaking with Wade, who was a stranger to Reyes-Ruiz.

鈥淚 was trying to talk him out of whatever he was going through,鈥� he said, recalling his brief conversation with Wade. 鈥淚 was trying to tell him, 鈥楬ey man, God don鈥檛 want this for you.鈥� I thought he was going to come to some realization of what he was doing.鈥�

But Wade appeared unresponsive, Reyes-Ruiz told jurors last week.

鈥淚t was as if I was talking to a wall,鈥� he said. 鈥淛ust no response. He didn鈥檛 even really look at me.鈥�

In his testimony Monday, Wade denied speaking with Reyes-Ruiz prior to the shooting. Wade also faces felony charges of aggravated assault, two counts of tampering with evidence and attempt to bribe a witness.

911 call

Albuquerque police responded about 11:30 p.m. on June 9, 2022, to Sun Plaza Apartments near Montgomery and Jefferson NE in response to a 911 call from Reyes-Ruiz鈥檚 girlfriend, who reported that a neighbor had pointed a shotgun at her and was threatening to kill others.

The fatal gunshot is audible about 90 seconds into the 911 recording, which prosecutors played repeatedly for jurors. Police found Banteah lying in a grassy area with a gunshot wound to his chest. He died at the scene.

Wade told jurors he drove east on Interstate 40 until he ran out of gas. New Mexico State Police found Wade鈥檚 car abandoned near Santa Rosa. Albuquerque police arrested Ward about four days after the killing.

Reyes-Ruiz told jurors he watched the fatal shooting from the doorway of his apartment. The unarmed Banteah had his hands raised when Wade pointed the shotgun at his chest and fired, he said.

Wade鈥檚 attorney, Kelly Golightley, told jurors Tuesday that Banteah had been drinking heavily and lunged at Wade in the moments before he was shot.

鈥淒ustin鈥檚 weapons are his hands,鈥� Golightley said of Banteah. 鈥淒ustin comes charging down those steps at Chris (Wade) screaming 鈥渟hoot me, kill me.鈥� Banteah lunged at Wade, who reflexively raised the shotgun and fired, she said.

鈥淎nybody who says that somebody who is unarmed is not a threat to you has never seen a victim of domestic violence.鈥�

Assistant Deputy Prosecutor Christine Jablonsky argued Tuesday that Reyes-Ruiz鈥� testimony shows that Banteah鈥檚 killing was unprovoked.

Reyes-Ruiz testified that 鈥渁t the point the gun was raised, Dustin (Banteah) had his hands up and his feet were stationary,鈥� Jablonsky said in closing arguments. Banteah 鈥渨asn鈥檛 lunging at him.鈥�

Temporary lodging

The day he was killed, Banteah had been kicked out of his home by his girlfriend and asked to stay at an apartment Wade shared with Banteah鈥檚 cousin, who was Wade鈥檚 girlfriend. In his testimony, Wade described Banteah as his friend.

Banteah was depressed and drinking heavily and became increasingly violent throughout the evening, Wade testified.

鈥淭he drinking wasn鈥檛 his happy self,鈥� Wade said. 鈥淚t was more of a depression state.鈥� Wade and Banteah were both drinking beer and vodka shots, he said.

Banteah became angry after Wade removed a bottle of vodka, Wade testified. Banteah struck Wade in the head with an empty vodka bottle, he said.

鈥淗e jumped on top of me and started to choke me,鈥� Wade told jurors. Wade said he retrieved a saw-off shotgun from a closet to defend himself.

The fight alerted the downstairs neighbors 鈥� Reyes-Ruiz and his girlfriend 鈥� who came upstairs to investigate. The couple found themselves in the middle of a heated argument between the two men.

Wade was holding a 鈥渉omemade pipe shotgun鈥� and threatening to shoot Banteah, who repeatedly told Wade, 鈥榮hoot me,鈥� Reyes-Ruiz testified.

Reyes-Ruiz said he and his girlfriend feared for their safety and retreated down the stairs, followed closely by Wade and Banteah.

During the argument, the shotgun 鈥渇ell apart,鈥� when the barrel fell off the stock, Reyes-Ruiz testified. At that point, Reyes-Ruiz tried unsuccessfully to convince Wade to break off the argument.

Instead, Wade reassembled the shotgun, he said. 鈥淥nce the gun was being put back together, I realized I had to get out of there,鈥� Reyes-Ruiz told jurors.

Wade and Benteah continued their argument in the grass outside the apartment building, where Wade fatally shot Banteah, Reyes-Ruiz testified.

Prosecutors said Reyes-Ruiz鈥檚 testimony shows that Wade had made up his mind to kill Banteah.

鈥淩emember Izaac鈥檚 testimony, saying he could see in Wade鈥檚 eyes that the defendant was not going to stop,鈥� Jablonsky told jurors.