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Treveno Campbell is charged with the killing of Memphis police officer Martoiya Lang in 2012 during the execution of a search warrant. Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal

January 24, 2017 - Treveno Campbell is charged with killing Memphis police officer Martoiya Lang.(Photo: Yalonda M. James | USA Network - Tennessee)

Former Memphis police Officer Timothy Goodwin pleaded the fifth Saturday in the case of Treveno Campbell, who is charged with shooting Memphis police Officer Martoiya Lang to death during a search warrant.

Goodwin was one of two officers relieved of duty as the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation looked into inconsistencies in officers' statements about what happened after Lang was shot.Goodwin, who suffered from symptoms ofpost-traumatic stress disorder after the shooting,was later granteddisability pension for retirement.

He was subpoenaed for the defense.

Ill be exercising my Fifth Amendment right, he said during a hearing while the jury was out of the room.

Testimony in Campbell's trial began Tuesday and was scheduled to continue Sunday. Defense attorney William Massey said Campbell may testify.

Langwas shotDec. 14, 2012. The 32-year-old was a nine-year veteran,a mother of four and a member of the OCU's Team Six, which executed more than 200 search warrants that year. She was the first female officer killed in the line of duty in the history of the police department.

The day Lang was shot, Team Six arrived at a house in the Berclair areawhichwas the subject of a narcotics investigation. One occupant of the house surrendered, but another man inside, Campbell, opened fire on the officers, firing 11 shots and striking Lang and Officer William Vrooman,said Assistant District Attorney Alanda Dwyer.

Lang managed to fire three shots, which went into the ceiling, as she fell. Sgt. Darryl Dotson testified he shot Campbell after finding him crouched against a wall pointing a gun at him.

Once Treveno fell to the ground,he came with his hands up, Dotson testified earlier in the trial, demonstratingleaning forward and raising back with his hands up.

In court, Massey saidthat Goodwin made two different statements about what happened during the incident. In one, he saidCampbell had already hadhis hands up and then he got shot. In that statement, Goodwin said Campbell didn't look armed.

Goodwin's statements won't be seen by the jury, and he can plead the fifth, according to Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Beasley.

Beasley marked the statements as exhibits for the record.

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Officers tell Lang jury they ID'd themselves in raid

One of the exhibits also shows the police department's Inspectional Services Bureau asked why the TACT Unit wasn't called to execute the warrant.

"I do not know," Goodwin answered.

Also Saturday, firearms expert Cervinia Braswell showed thejury three weapons involved in the case.

Braswell displayed Campbell's 9 mm pistol in addition to the .40 caliber of Langand .40 caliber of Dotson.

"The bullet from (Lang's) autopsy came from Mr. Campbell's gun," Braswell testified.

Braswell testified that 17 shots were fired during the incident Campbell fired 11 times, Lang three times and Dotson three times.

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The state has said Campbell fired upon officers after they identified themselves, while his defense counsel argued he fired because he thought intruders were invading his home, located on Mendenhall Cove. Buckets of marijuana were found in the house and shown to the jury earlier in the trial.

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Officers tell Lang jury they ID'd themselves in raid

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MPD officer breaks down as he recalls seeing Lang shot

The defense began calling witnesses Saturday afternoon, including Paul Kish, a forensic consultant, who testified Campbell had three lacerations on the left side of his face in addition to the gunshot wounds.

A man who was in the house with Campbell during the incidenttestified police came in and said get down. The man, Willie Braddock, was taken into custody andcharged with drug counts.

He testified that he didnt hear anyone yelling police. Officers testified previously in the trial that members of the OCU team did identify themselvesloudly.

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