PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The first day of a double murder trial in Portsmouth began with the only surviving victim taking the stand.
That witness told the jury she survived because she played dead, while she suffered a gunshot wound to her shoulder and neck.
The accused, Joseph Cross, is facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of Alvin and Calvin Joyner, two twin brothers, and an aggravated malicious wounding charge in the case of the 61-year old survivor…