Two young girls who survived an East Oakland shooting told a courtroom this week that they watched a man allegedly gun down his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter, describing a chaotic scene of screams and flying bullets. One girl testified that the man screamed like a maniac as shots rang through the apartment. Their testimony came during pretrial proceedings for 49-year-old Antonio Powell and has forced relatives and neighbors to relive a night they have tried hard to forget. Prosecutors say the children’s accounts will help establish the timeline of events before the case goes to trial.
Courtroom testimony forces survivors to relive the night
At a preliminary hearing in January, the girls who were inside the home described frantic screaming,…..