NORRISTOWN — Some civilian witnesses called to testify at the trial of three Norristown gang members accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member were reluctant at times to testify for prosecutors against the accused killers.
“Do you want to be here to testify today?” Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Tanner Christian Beck asked 19-year-old Montese Perkins III, who prosecutors claim observed two of the alleged killers hiding in a Norristown alleyway shortly after the murder.
“No,” Perkins responded, adding he was forced to appear in court by a subpoena…