The jury in the murder trial of Demaro Brownlee viewed surveillance footage Wednesday of the events both leading up to and during the fatal shooting of Jayvon Watson last May.

Prosecutors with the Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office – led by Assistant State's Attorney Derek Dion – showed the footage during testimony by Springfield Police Department Detective John Larson, who led the investigation for SPD.

The footage compiled during the investigation included scenes from inside Seven Brothers Grocery shortly before the fatal shooting of Watson, 24, of Springfield, which showed both Demaro Brownlee and Terrence Washington, Jr. entering the store and communicating with two other witnesses.

Video from an Illinois Central Management Services building across the street from the store also showed the witnesses leaving the scene and the moment where Brownlee allegedly shot Watson.

The testimony came one day after Washington got emotional on the stand as he recounted the moments both before and after the shooting of Watson. During his testimony Washington was reduced to tears when it came to recalling the incident in which Watson was killed following an alleged dispute between Washington and Brownlee.

As Dion asked Washington about the moments after he left the store and encountered Watson in the parking lot, he became overwhelmed with emotion to the point in which he began to cry as he told the jury that he never wanted to harm Watson.

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Washington's testimony was emotional enough to where members of Watson's family seated behind Dion and fellow ASA Steven Perbix began to cry and leave the courtroom as a result. A similar situation occurred when the footage from CMS was shown of the moment in which Watson was shot.

Prior to the outburst, Washington said that when he and Brownlee met Watson in the parking lot, he provided him with the gun that would eventually be used to kill Watson. Washington said he hesitated and gave the gun back to Brownlee before the shooting.

Washington's prior involvement with Watson has become a key issue in the case, with Washington having been paid $25 in mowing fees for his lawn prior to the shooting. Washington felt he deserved more money and thus, an agreement was reached to where Watson would provide the remainder in marijuana.

However, when Washington and Brownlee met up with Watson at Seven Brothers, it was Brownlee who allegedly pulled the trigger and shot him five times before fleeing Springfield to the Metro East suburbs of St. Louis, where he was arrested following a week-long manhunt last June.

Brownlee's defense team, led by Victoria Kerr of Springfield-based Kerr & Harmon, did not ask any questions of Washington following Dion's questioning. The defense has stated that Washington had enough motive to be angry with Watson prior to the shooting and that the murder weapon was with Washington, not Brownlee, after the shooting.

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During a busy Tuesday at the trial, the state called the two other men in Watson's car during the night of the shooting, Terrance Wallace and Ricky Webb, as witnesses discussing what they saw and felt before, during and after the shooting.

In addition to the pair, the state also called an Southern Illinois University School of Medicine physician who discussed his involvement in Watson's autopsy with the Sangamon County Coroner's Office and detailed the five bullet wounds found in his body. Three Springfield Police Department officers and detectives and a detective working for Amtrak also detailed the process of finding the train ticket Brownlee allegedly used to travel to the St. Louis area.

Wednesday's witnesses included officials from Illinois State Police who reviewed evidence obtained by SPD for fingerprints and DNA and other SPD detectives involved in obtaining the surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses. Video footage of the witness interviews was also shown.

This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Brownlee murder trial gets emotional as witnesses take the stand; jury views surveillance footage