Associated Press
Friday, March 16, 2007

NEW YORK, March 15 -- A last-minute witness testified Thursday before a grand jury that is considering whether to charge five police officers who unleashed a 50-bullet barrage that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day.

The testimony came as the city awaited the jury's decision on the fate of the five officers, who could face a range of charges in the Nov. 25 shooting that killed Sean Bell, 23, and wounded two of his friends.

The new witness was a 55-year-old man who went to a police station Wednesday to say he had been working on the night of the shooting near the strip club where it occurred. He told detectives he saw a man fire one or two shots at a police officer and then flee into a nearby building.