Jun 13, 2014

Witness who called 911 for Sunshine and Christina testified that Bodhi Tree "hit on her" and said he doesn't usually mess with white girls"

Emma Lorenc, who described Sunshine as a close friend, "a 8" to indicate closeness and described Christina Schwarz as a friend she got to know since April 2013. Emma said that Christina and she used to hang out and go to the farmer's market . She said Christina initially came to the house looking for Sunshine, who would stay at the house for a few nights a week, be gone for weeks. Emma said Sunshine and Christina were friends.

Her room was towards the back of the house, next to the kitchen and she said she moved in January 2013 but started paying rent since March. She was also pregnant when the shootings occurred. Emma said that a lot of friends would come through town and "stop by" the house. "I was okay with the parties at first, then it started to bother me because parties were every night."

She described the people who lived and visited the Eye Street house as "very commune like people." Paid rent to Colin, whose nickname is Zion.

When she saw Christina's photo, she became emotional, fighting back tears.

She was very emotional and nervous when she testified and would not look at Bodhi Tree except when she was asked to identify him. The first time she had an encounter with him at the Eye Street house, she was cooking breakfast, did not know who he was and he "hit " on her saying "I don't usually mess with white girls." Emma said she felt "uncomfortable and a little angry" and was wondering "why this person is in my house?" and when she complained to Zion, the guy who she described as a brother and the one who rented the room at the Eye Street house to her, she said that he did not do anything.

After that incident, Bodhi Tree went into her room and sat on her couch. Zion had to come and ask him to leave. Emma said Zion said, "come on bro, she does not want you in there." This was all on May 17.

Another incident was on the same day when Bodhi Tree just walked into Emma's room and it was closed, left his grey hoodie and told her "not to mess with it." She picked it up and said it was heavy and put it on the counter in the kitchen and told him she did not want it in her room.

When she last saw Bodhi Tree the evening of the shooting, he was wearing grey sweatpants and that grey hoodie and when he was arrested, he was in those clothes.

Four gunshots woke her up later that night. "I woke up and said, 'What was that?' I opened my door and said, "Are you guys ok?. It was completely dark. Sunshine answered, 'That was gunshots. Call an ambulance, I'm dying."

Emma said she went and tried to wake up her housemate, CJ but his door was locked. She woke up the other people in the garage and was on the phone dialing 911. She then went into the living room and turned on the light.

"I saw Christina and Sunshine lying on the floor, " Emma said. At this point, she turned to Ms. Firpo and said, "Do I have to say everything?" She then continued, "I checked Christina's pulse and Sunshine was still gasping for air. I was on the phone and "Eeyore", Nicholas was trying to bring Sunshine back."

Page and both Emma said that Tree was not at the house at this time. Emma said that law enforcement put all the people who were taken to the Aracta Police Station in one room and "put a cop in there with us. We wanted to talk about it but we couldn't."

She said when Sgt. Martinez was talking to her, she was "scared and in shock." Both Page and Emma moved out after the shooting.


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