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Benton, La. - Jury selection is underway for the murder case in Bossier involving the death of a Barksdale airman.

Nearly one-hundred people interviewed at the courthouse in Benton Tuesday for jury selection that will be narrowed down to twelve members.

Inside Judge Michael Craig's courtroom, groups of about 13 at a time would be asked questions by the prosecution and defense, who then would lay out details of the case.

Benjamin William Shaw is charged with second degree murder for the death of Zecharia Casagranda. The two got into a fight outside of Rockin' Rodeo nightclub in January 2016. Shaw stabbed Casagranda who later died from his injuries.

Shaw faces life in prison if found guilty. The defense will argue Shaw was acting in self-defense.

The defense is being lead by the well-known attorney, Jose Baez, who was the lead defense attorney in the Casey Anthony trail. He also represented Aaron Hernandez and was a part of the George Zimmerman trial.

More than a dozen witnesses could take the stand during this trail. The judge asked the potential jury members their availability for the next month, but said this case should be over within the next few weeks.

However an incident occurred inside the courtroom where a potential jury member started shouting at Baez about his reputation and work on previous cases so members were then separated and interviewed one-by-one. So the process did not conclude Tuesday and more potential jury members will be interviewed Wednesday.

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Jury selection underway for murder of a Barksdale airman - KTAL