Harley Hammers is upset with Mr. Arreaga; Ms. Tully is upset with Chavonne Hammers. Somewhere in there they start to advance towards Mr. Arreaga, he shoots Angel Tully in the chest and he shoots her again."

"I am going to tell you a story," is how Deputy District Attorney Zachary Curtis started his opening argument in the Jason Arreaga jury trial. "Later on today, I am going to bring witnesses. Right now is my opportunity to tell you a story, a narrative. This is my opportunity to tell you what happened from start to finish. This isn't evidence."

"It starts out in Lake County with Chavonne Hammers. She is in some sort of a program for drug addiction. She has friends in lake County and also in Humboldt County. Gets kicked out of the drug program and decides to come to Humboldt County. She talk to a friend of hers, Carly Michaels, a teenager, whose boyfriend is Jason Arreaga. He agrees to drive her to Humboldt County for a hundred dollars. Carly Michaels, Chavonne Hammers and Jason Arreaga drive up to Humboldt County. They drop Ms. Michaels off at a trailer while Mr. Arreaga and Ms. Hammers drive to Blue Lake Casino. In the next two days, they move back and forth. Very confusing what they did. Different stories from different people. They drive back and forth from Arcata to the Safeway in McKinleyville. In Blue Lake Casino, Ms. Hammers decides she has a drug contact. She takes Mr. Arreaga's car, picks up Ms. Michaels, does the deal and they go back to Blue Lake Casino to pick up Mr. Arreaga. Then they go to Fieldbrook. While they are there Ms. Hammer's ex shows up with his girlfriend. The relationship between the ex and Ms. Hammers is contentious. Ms. Hammers has a grudge because Ms. Tully is dating her ex. Ms. Hammers decides to fight Ms. Tully."

"Ms. Tully drives car towards Mr. Arreaga's car. Mr. Arreaga is upset because it is his dad's car. He fires two shots into the ground. Ms. Michaels and Mr. Hammers drive away. The next place Ms. Hammers took Mr. Arreaga and Mr. Michaels was Ms. Hammer's mom's place. Mr. Arreaga and Ms. Michaels are not from here. Chavonne Hammers is introducing them to people. Ms. Hammers has alcohol on breath, she is not supposed to be drinking. Son is upset with Ms. Hammers. She is on psych meds. Ms. Hammers, Mr. Arreaga and Ms.Michaels go to Safeway in McKinleyville. Ms. Hammers buys alcohol. She runs into Gary Backues. They go to Angie Ehlers's house. Mr. Arreaga and Ms, Michaels don;t want to go because everywhere Ms. Hammers is there is drama.  Gary Backues shows up at Angie Ehler's house."

Mr. Curtis then described the layout of Ehler's house and the surrounding area.

"Lot of people come and go. Angie Ehler takes off. People are using drugs. At some point Angel Tully and Harley Hammers show up. Harley Hammers is upset with Mr. Arreaga; Ms. Tully is upset with Chavonne Hammers. Somewhere in there they start to advance towards Mr. Arreaga, he shoots Angel Tully in the chest and he shoots her again."

"Harley Hammers advances towards Mr. Arreaga. He shoots Harley Hammers. Harley retreats. Mr. Coons is driving by, he sees Arreaga pointing a pistol at Harley Hammers. He hears one more shot, , Harley Hammers drives off back to his residence into a pile of debris and collapses [on the bench seat of his pickup]."

"Mr. Coons goes to Mr. Hopkins house across the street. Mr. Hopkins calls the police. They are over in a few minutes. In the meantime, Mr. Arreaga, Ms. Michaels and Ms. Hammers move Ms. Tully's body out of the way and drive off in a car. Mr. Backues sees Ms. Tully bleeding and tries to give her CPR. Another couple tells him she is gone and they take a jacket from Mr. Backues vehicle and put it over Ms. Tully's body. Two kids riding bikes heard shots fired. They go towards the scene. They see a man running across the street. They see Ms. Tully with blood coming out of her mouth. They decide to get out of there."

"Mr. Arreaga, Ms. Michaels and Ms. Hammers are driving on 299. Ms. Michaels is the only one without blood on her. She gets out to put gas the car. They burn the bloody clothes, wash the dog and wash themselves in the river. They drink some more. Ms. Michaels takes meds and passes out"

"They decide to go back to Lake County. They are by South Eureka. The police run the license plate. The car comes up as one of interest in a murder investigation. Mr. Arreaga and Ms. Hammers get out of the car. They try to wake Ms. Michaels up. She wouldn't wake up. The three are taken into custody. Mr. Arreaga denies what happens in Fieldbrook, he denies the shooting."

"A 380 caliber firearm casing is found in the passenger compartment of the Buick car. In the engine compartment in a lockbox, there is a 380 semi-automatic firearm. On the scene, 380 caliber bullet casings were found. The DOJ analyst was on the crime scene and did a ballistic check back at the DOJ. They matched the firearm in the vehicle. Autopsy of both victims was done. Four bullets were found. Cause of death was gunshot wound."

"It's a long convulted road but that is what I expect my evidence to show."