Overview

• Prosecutors concluded with reconstructionist Celestine Rossi, who testified that all 10 gunshots captured on surveillance were fired by Tony Earls and not by the robbery suspect.
• The defense called clinical psychologist Dr. Sasha Lambert, who said Earls’ actions were consistent with a fight-or-flight response after being held at gunpoint moments earlier.
• Defense reconstructionist Andrew Taravella challenged the state’s synced video-and-audio analysis, saying sounds labeled as ambient noise could reasonably be additional gunshots.
• Taravella also testified that the Alvarez family’s truck could have appeared to Earls like a getaway vehicle as it began moving after the robbery.
• The case now before jurors is a manslaughter charge returned by a grand jury in July 2025, after prosecutors had earlier secured and then dropped a 2024 murder indictment.