NJ officer takes stand at his murder trial

Published July 25, 2014 9:24pm ET



ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A New Jersey detective authorities say killed an Anne Arundel County man during a road rage incident told the jury he tried to defuse the situation before fatally shooting the man.

Forty-one-year-old Joseph Walker took the stand on Friday and told jurors that he tried to defuse the situation before fatally shooting Joe Harvey.

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