Witnesses have begun testifying in the trial of a man charged with murder and a hate crime in the slaying of his Lebanese neighbor.
Prosecutors began questioning witnesses Monday following opening statements in the trial of 63-year-old Stanley Vernon Majors. He is accused in the August 2016 killing of 37-year-old Khalid Jabara.
Majors has pleaded not guilty.
The first witnesses included 911 operators and a neighbor who testified she heard Khalid Jabara being attacked.
Prosecutors allege Majors fatally shot Jabara following years of racial epithets toward him and his family, including "filthy Lebanese" and "Moo-slems." The Jabaras are Christian.
His defense attorneys have indicated they'll present a defense based on his mental health, though Majors was previously found competent to stand trial.