COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The man accused of shooting and killing a Sheffield motel owner is on trial this week.

The trial started Monday, with jury selection. A jury was officially selected, Monday afternoon, and opening statements began on Tuesday morning.

Tuesday morning began with just an opening statement from district attorney Hal Hughston, saying that there was video surveillance and several witnesses who captured the moment Pravin Patel was shot and killed at the Hillcrest Motel. The defense attorney decided to hold off on his opening statement.

Hughston then started calling witnesses to the stand, beginning with David Montgomery, who lives right behind Hillcrest Motel.

Montgomery told the court, he saw Moore and Patel talking at the motel.

But the most dramatic evidence b

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