Man charged with murder testifies
By Chris Paschenko
Published February 22, 2012
LA MARQUE — A defendant accused of fatally shooting his fiancee took the witness stand Tuesday and admitted “tussling” with her over control of a loaded handgun before the weapon fired, hitting her in the chest.
Kenneth Joel Loftis, 26, was charged with murder in the June 15, 2010, shooting death of Monique Powell, 26, in their La Marque apartment. Loftis pleaded not guilty in the case.
Prosecutors Xochitl Vandiver-Gaskin and Jared Robinson said the shooting was no accident, as defense attorneys Dena Fisher and Neal Tripp Davis III claim.
Vandiver-Gaskin re-enacted with Loftis the last moments of Powell’s life and the struggle over the gun. Loftis claims he put the gun in his pants and Powell reached in his pocket for the weapon.
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