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Police Take Stand In Bormann Trial Save Email Print
Officers testify on events of the night Brittany Williams was killed
Posted: 12:36 PM Sep 18, 2008
Last Updated: 8:15 PM Sep 18, 2008
Reporter: Gary Smollen
Email Address: sixonline@wowt.com

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Police officers on the scene the night Brittany Williams was gunned down outside an Omaha fast-food restaurant testified Thursday in the murder trial of Kyle Bormann.

Bormann is accused of killing the 21-year-old January 20th while she waited in the drive-thru lane.

Much of the testimony was part of an earlier suppression hearing. The defense wanted to toss out a lot of what officers say Bomann told them that night. The judge decided to allow the testimony.

So like the hearing in July, a parade of patrol officers took the stand to tell the jury how Bormann became a murder suspect. Assigned to hang crime scene tape and gather information to hand over to homicide detectives that night, a car driving through the crime scene led officers to Bormann. A short time later investigators would book him for the murder of Brittany Williams.

Many of the same officers who testified at the July hearing took the stand Thursday, telling the jury about a convertible driving through the crime scene and catching up with that car and Bormann at a park about a dozen blocks away.

Prosecutors showed the jury the rifle recovered from the park, a Winchester 243, the weapon prosecutors say was used like a sniper rifle to kill Williams.

Bormann's attorney, Tom Riley, asked one of the officers who chased after his client, "You thought (Bormann) was involved in the homicide?"

"No,” answered Officer Kalon Fancher. "When a car almost runs an officer over it's a big deal."

The cross examination of Officer Rachel Guzman grew heated. Riley asked her if she was trying to minimize Bormann's level of intoxication because her report seemed to give Bormann a higher level of intoxication than Thursday’s testimony.

Part of Riley's case is that Bormann was "blackout" drunk that night and can't remember many of the events.

Due to a scheduling conflict on Friday, there will be a break in the trial. It will resume Monday morning.

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Posted by: anonymous on Sep 20, 2008 at 11:03 AM
The drunk defense never works for a drunk driver, so no it shouldn't even be considered for premeditated murder and thats exactly what it was.

Posted by: Looks Don't Matter on Sep 19, 2008 at 02:21 PM
First of all, I am not defending this young man by any means. But to say he looks similar to someone else who committed a similar crime does not mean he did or did not do it. LOOKS DO NOT MATTER! I could walk around any community and find several people who look like Robert Hawkins but it doesn't mean they are a bad person.

Posted by: S on Sep 19, 2008 at 01:44 PM
If anyone has ever shot a rifle before, you know how difficult it is at that distance.... it is difficult sober... I think this is all a joke, this guy should not be allowed a trial.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 19, 2008 at 01:31 PM
Hey if the "I was too drunk to remember" excuse can get this loser off for murder, why won't my wife believe it when she asks why I came home so late last Saturday?

Posted by: north o on Sep 19, 2008 at 01:30 PM
SEND HIM UNDER THE JAIL RACIST!

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM
He wasn't "so drunk" that he couldn't aim his rifle at a target "several" yards away and make a direct (fatal) hit. And who knows if he didn't shoot her, then sit in his car and drink a bottle of booze before he drove through the crime scene. The only one that's gonna know the truth is Bormann.

Posted by: llr on Sep 19, 2008 at 11:33 AM
If he was that stinking drunk, how was he able to make a kill shot from that distance?!

Posted by: kevin on Sep 19, 2008 at 09:39 AM
The media has played this up as racist. I got a feeling there's more to it .You never here them play it up if a black or brown person kills a white person . Do you

Posted by: Mac on Sep 19, 2008 at 09:36 AM
Ok you haven't been that drunk Gunnar. Because most violent crimes happen when people are drunk or under the influence of drugs. People are stupid enough as it is when they get drunk they are even more stupid .

Posted by: cece on Sep 19, 2008 at 09:34 AM
Kelly, what does what he looks like have to do with anything? If you are trying to compare this young man to Rober Hawkins you are just grasping to find similar features. Though, they were both sick. There is no amount of booze that make someone that hateful. Plus, I agree with the comments that if he was THAT drunk he would not have been able to hold and aim the gun. We live in a society of excuses and justifications. Sad really--that no one can just take responsibily for their actions.

Posted by: b on Sep 19, 2008 at 09:34 AM
Good point Gunnar. And on top of that he actually bragged to officers about his marksmanship skills!

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 19, 2008 at 09:10 AM
Alcohol should not play a factor in this trial. I am an avid hunter and to be able to accurately point a weapon and shoot 130 yards deadly would be near impossible if you were even buzzing from alcohol.

Posted by: Kelly on Sep 18, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Does anyone else agree this young man looks similar to Robert Hawkins. (Von Maur shooting) I do not care how much a person has had to drink, there are no excuses for taking another person's life. I pray that the family of Brittany Williams will make it through this difficult time. My thoughts and prayers are with the Williams family & friends.

Posted by: Gunnar on Sep 18, 2008 at 08:25 PM
I've been pretty intoxicated in my life on a few occasions. Never once thought about killing someone. This guy is an IDIOT! If he was so drunk, how could he aim his weapon?

Posted by: KLynn on Sep 18, 2008 at 06:46 PM
Good job OPD

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 18, 2008 at 06:24 PM
no excuses, he is an angry young man who took a life.

Posted by: Whatever on Sep 18, 2008 at 05:00 PM
Nice defense. Not "my client didn't do it" but "my client was too drunk to remember doing it".

Posted by: h on Sep 18, 2008 at 04:53 PM
As a white resident of Omaha, I'm just as appalled at the possible racial motivation behind this crime as I'm sure members of the African-American community and the vast majority of the white community are. What a terrible loss, not only for the family, but for Omaha. This young lady was really an incredible human being that had a lot to offer.

Posted by: j on Sep 18, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Drinking is no excuse. He knew what he was doing. It's sad to even bring that up!

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