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Police called to testify in Ga. baby slaying trial

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  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A Brunswick police detective spent about three hours testifying in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a baby as he sat in his stroller.

 

      WGCL-TV reported that Det. Angela Smith was cross examined Wednesday by public defender Kevin Gough in the trial of 18-year-old De'Marquise Elkins. Gough questioned Smith on the collection of evidence near the crime scene.

 

      Elkins and 15-year-old Dominique Lang were arrested in the late-March death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. Authorities have said the two targeted the boy's mother, Sherry West, during in an attempted armed robbery in which West was also wounded.   

 

      Police have said Elkins shot Santiago after West told him she didn't have any money. Lang, his accused accomplice, was also called for cross examination after a lunch recess.