Retired police captain stands trial 8 years after man killed in argument about texting in a Florida movie theater
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Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the case of a retired Tampa police captain who is accused of killing a man during an argument over cellphone use in a movie theater in 2014.
Six jurors and four alternates were chosen during the four-day jury selection process. Pasco County Judge Susan Barthle was scheduled to hear final motions from attorneys on Friday before the second-degree murder trial begins on Monday morning.
Curtis Reeves, now 79, is accused of fatally shooting 43-year-old Chad Oulson in a Wesley Chapel movie theater during a showing of the Mark Wahlberg film "Lone Survivor" on Jan. 13, 2014.
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