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Travis Rudolph returned to the courtroom Friday for the third day of his murder trial for a fatal shooting outside of his Lake Park home in 2021.
Attorneys for both sides presented opening statements Wednesday, one casting Rudolph as the aggressor and the other insisting he was a victim.
Rudolph, who played briefly in the NFL, is charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder in connection with a fatal shooting outside of his Lake Park home two years ago.
Four men appeared on Rudolph’s doorstep shortly after midnight onApril 7, 2021, to confront him about a dispute he had with his girlfriend hours earlier.
The dispute turned violent, Rudolph said, and he armed himself with an AR-15.Man who confronted Travis Rudolph describes front-yard brawl on second day of murder trial.
Prosecutors told jurors Wednesday that the men were trying to flee in a black Cadillac by the time Rudolph fired 39 rounds in their direction, killing Sebastien Jean-Jacques in the passenger seat.
Rudolph asked Circuit Judge Jeffrey Gillen to dismiss the case last year on the basis of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which permits the use of deadly force to protect against either death or great bodily harm.
Gillen denied his request, leaving jurors to decide whether Rudolph ended Jean-Jacques’ life to save his own.