Students Testify In Gun Trial
Girl Says Weapon Looked Like Toy
POSTED: 7:42 a.m. EDT October 25, 2002
UPDATED: 8:50 a.m. EDT October 25, 2002
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Two students who watched as their teacher was gunned down by one of their peers testified Thursday in a trial that pits a gun distributor against a fallen teacher's widow.
Pam Grunow is suing Valor Corp., alleging that the gun it distributed, which was used in the murder of her husband, was defective and lacked key safety features that would have prevented a minor from using it.
Two students who saw Nathaniel Brazill, 16, shoot and kill Barry Grunow described the weapon on the stand.
"It looks like a gun that little kids play with -- they use to play cops. It was really small. It just looked fake," said student Dinora Rosales (pictured).
Prosecutors say the student's description of the gun is critical because its appearance, along with other factors, contribute to it's defective nature.
Rosales also said the gun didn't scare the slain teacher.
Pam Grunow is suing Valor Corp., alleging that the gun it distributed, which was used in the murder of her husband, was defective and lacked key safety features that would have prevented a minor from using it.
Two students who saw Nathaniel Brazill, 16, shoot and kill Barry Grunow described the weapon on the stand.
"It looks like a gun that little kids play with -- they use to play cops. It was really small. It just looked fake," said student Dinora Rosales (pictured).
Prosecutors say the student's description of the gun is critical because its appearance, along with other factors, contribute to it's defective nature.
Rosales also said the gun didn't scare the slain teacher.
Previous Stories:
- October 21, 2002: Gun At Center Of New Trial After Teacher Murdered
- October 7, 2002: Teacher's Widow Files 'Saturday Night Special' Suit
- August 14, 2001: Brazill's Attorney Says Errors Made In Trial
- August 3, 2001: Brazill Moved From Jail; Wife Of Slain Teacher Speaks Out
- August 1, 2001: Charge Dropped Against Brazill
- July 27, 2001: Brazill Learns Fate
- July 27, 2001: Brazill Sentencing Expected Today
- July 26, 2001: Brazill Apologizes To Teacher's Family
- July 26, 2001:
Emotion Expected At Brazill Sentencing Hearing - July 3, 2001: Brazill Finds Trouble Behind Bars, Officials Say
- June 29, 2001: Judge To Hear Arguments On Teen Killer's Sentence
- June 8, 2001: Lawyers Ask For Delay In Brazill Sentencing
- May 17, 2001: Jurors Came Close To A First-Degree Verdict
- May 16, 2001: Verdict Reached In Brazill Trial
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