A witness to the January 2014 movie theater shooting in Wesley Chapel said she only heard pieces of an argument before seeing a gun go off. 

  • DAY 2: 'Stand your ground' hearing Tuesday in Pasco movie theater shooting case
  • Curtis Reeves charged with 2nd degree murder
  • Chad Oulson was shot and killed in theater in January 2014
  • Previous stories on this case

The morning session of Day 2 of the Curtis Reeves "stand your ground" hearing was highlighted by testimony from Joanna Turner, who was inside the Cobb Theatre in Wesley Chapel during the shooting. 

Reeves, 74, is facing second-degree murder chargers in the shooting death of Chad Oulson on Jan. 13, 2014. 

Turner said she heard pieces of the mens' argument as the trailers rolled before a screening of the film "Lone Survivor." 

The argument started over Oulson texting on his phone during the previews. The light was apparently bothering Reeves' eyes, an attorney said. The argument escalated to Oulson, 43, throwing popcorn at Reeves and Reeves pulling out his pistol and shooting him.

On the stand Tuesday, defense attorneys asked Turner to show hand motions she saw Oulson make while he and Reeves were arguing. 

The defense plans to prove Oulson had an object, possibly a cell phone, that he threw at Reeves. However, the prosecution argued Tuesday that that is not true and that Reeves had no injuries except a small injury to an eyelid. 

"Isn’t it also a fact what you indicated all along was that it was a mock throwing motion right?" the attorney said.

"Quick," Turner replied. 

"Quick, you never saw anything leave Mr. Oulson’s hand, isn’t that correct?" 

"Right," she said. 

"And in fact when the mocking throwing occurred, you didn’t see any reaction from Mr. Reeves did you?"

"No," Turner said.

Turner also said she was close enough to hear Oulson say he was texting his daughter. She said she only heard bits and pieces of the argument before seeing a flash of fire from the gunshot. 

The defense, meanwhile, called its first witness -- a former FBI agent and video expert who was hired by the defense to improve the resolution of the surveillance video -- during the afternoon.  

Bruce Koenig said he was able to brighten certain dark areas on the screen to improve clarity. 

“It’s called a shadow highlight tool in photoshop," said Koenig. "I didn’t used the highlight, (I) used the shadow. It means it only lightens the dark parts of the picture and leaves the rest of the picture the same.”

In court, the defense showed looped video of the argument with a red circle, according to Koenig, highlighting an object. The defense says that object was likely a cell phone thrown at Reeves.