On the first day of the second Stearns Wharf murder trial on Monday, attorneys attempted to paint the shooting as the result of a reckless shootout or the tragic result of someone trying to defend their life.
The retrial for the Santa Barbara man accused of shooting a Camarillo man in December 2022 began with attorneys for the prosecution and the defense delivering their opening statements to the jury in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
The defendant in the case is Jiram Tenorio Ramon, 26, who is accused of killing bystander Robert Gutierrez when Ramon fired a gun during an alleged gang-related incident…