Trial Begins For Man Charged In Drive-By Shooting

The Trial of a Washington man charged in connection with a  drive by shooting at East Wylie and Allison Avenues in the City of Washington in July of 2022 is underway. Russell Porter, 27 is being tried on two counts each of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. Most of the witness testimony was dedicated to establishing relationships that Porter had with Katie Deems who he had been visiting just before the incident occurred and was identified as the owner of the car that contained Porter during the shooting. His relationship with Nasstylejah “Styles” Wilkerson who is claimed to have had an agitated interaction with Porter before the shooting in front of Deems’ house, and Bailey Batch, the driver of the car that Porter allegedly shot at that contained Wilkerson. Batch testified that Porter and Wilkerson did not like each other. She also testified that she saw Wilkerson lean out the window of a white SUV and fire into her car. Testimony was sketchy as to which window Batch saw Porter fire from. She was also asked why she did not mention Wilkerson during the first interview with police. The jury will be back at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday to continue hearing police testimony about their investigation.