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Tatiana Villegas sat in a wheelchair as she told jurors Tuesday she realized her family was under attack when she heard the sound of gunfire and saw a man standing through the sunroof of an SUV firing a rifle at her pickup.

Villegas was driving the family鈥檚 Dodge Ram west on Avenida Cesar Chavez when she heard 鈥渂oom, boom,鈥� she testified in the trial of two men charged in the shooting death of Villegas鈥� 11-year-old cousin.

鈥淲hen I heard the booms, I felt like an electric shock in my body and I just remember not being able to move my legs and I couldn鈥檛 breathe,鈥� said Villegas, 25, who wept as she described the attack. 鈥淚 was just trying to focus on breathing.鈥�

Multiple gunshots struck Villegas, injuring her spine and leaving her paralyzed, said Villegas, who testified in a wheelchair.

Another gunshot pierced the passenger window and fatally struck Froylan Villegas in the head.

Prosecutors alleged that Nathen Garley fired at least 14 gunshots at the Villegas鈥� Dodge Ram just minutes after four members of the Villegas family attended a baseball game at Isotopes Park in Southeast sa国际传媒官网网页入口.

At a hospital, a doctor told Tatiana that she had been struck by five gunshots that damaged her spine, punctured her lung and broke several ribs, she testified. She later was moved to a patient room.

鈥淚 got what I thought was a heart attack because I got really bad anxiety,鈥� she testified. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 feel my legs, and I was all alone and I just wanted my parents.鈥�

Froylan Villegas鈥� mother and her 3-month-old son were in the back seat of the pickup but were not struck by gunfire. Two gunshots penetrated the rear passenger door where the infant was strapped into a child鈥檚 seat, a witness testified Tuesday.

Garley, 22, and Jose Angel Romero, 24, the alleged driver of the black Dodge Durango, each are charged with first-degree murder and 13 other felonies in the Sept. 6, 2023, attack.

Attorneys for Romero and Garley told jurors in the opening statement Monday that the two men were not responsible for the shootings.

A third man charged in the attack, Daniel Isaac Gomez, 28, is expected to testify this week in the trial of his two co-defendants. Prosecutors say Gomez was riding in the back seat of the Dodge Durango during the attack.

The 2nd Judicial District Court trial is expected to continue through Friday before Judge Emeterio Rudolfo.

Garley鈥檚 attorney, Thomas Clark, told jurors Monday that the state鈥檚 case against the two men relies on the testimony of witnesses who have incentives to lie about the events.

Prosecutors told jurors this week that Garley fired 14 gunshots at the Villegas family in the mistaken belief that they were shooting at a man he had argued with earlier that evening at Isotopes Park.

That man also drove a white pickup but had departed Isotopes Park sometime before Garley and Romero spotted the Villegas family鈥檚 vehicle, prosecutors told jurors on Monday.

Jurors also viewed dramatic police lapel camera video Tuesday that showed Froylan Villegas dead in the front passenger seat as Tatiana Villegas fought for her life in the driver鈥檚 seat.

Tatiana repeatedly told sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police 鈥淚 can鈥檛 move鈥� and 鈥淚 can鈥檛 breathe鈥� as officers rendered first aid before medical personnel arrived, the video showed.

Before the shooting, Tatiana said she enjoyed traveling, riding horses and working out at the gym 鈥� all things she can鈥檛 do today. She also lost her job at an sa国际传媒官网网页入口 electronics firm because she can no longer sit for eight hours, she said.

sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department officers testified that they responded to reports of gunfire and found the Villegas鈥� pickup on Avenida Cesar Chavez, just west of University. An officer testified that he found three gunshots in Tatiana Villegas鈥� chest, just below her right arm.