Oklahoma City pharmacist with disability in murder trial

Oklahoma City pharmacist Jerome Ersland is charged with first-degree murder in the May 19, 2009 shooting death of a would-be robber. The charge alleges Ersland shot Antwun Parker, 16, while he was incapacitated and lying on his back.

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