Shooting victim had no weapon in hand when shot by neighbor, witness testifies

Jason Levesque is escorted out of court during a break in his trial at Strafford Superior Court Thursday. (CourtTV screen captures)

DOVER - The longtime girlfriend of the Rochester man gunned down by their Summer Street neighbor during a confrontation over a snowplowing issue last April said she wasn't looking out their apartment's bay window when Kendra Violette, their teenage daughter, screamed out, "He's got a gun."
Angela LaChance immediately looked up and saw Kyle Violette fall to the ground, shot in the mouth by Jason Levesque, the man facing a life sentence for attempted murder.
"After Kendra screamed that Levesque had a gun I looked out and saw Kyle fall to the ground," LaChance said.
Under questioning from Assistant Strafford Attorney Joachim H. Barth, LaChance told the court she "saw the first shot to his face."
"Did he have anything in his hand," asked Barth.

Angela LaChance tearfully gives testimony as she is shown a video taken from a security camera that recoded the April 4 shooting outside her home.

"No, nothing," she testified. "After he was shot he was curled up in a ball bleeding profusely."
Her and her daughter could both be heard screaming frantically after the first shot rang out.
"He just shot him, he just shot him," they yelled.
A second later five more shots rang out in rapid succession as Violette lay on the ground.

LaChance said police were there in a couple of minutes, and her and her daughter watched as an officer tended to Violette, turning him onto his side, because he was laying on his back choking on his own blood.
Under cross examination defense attorney Mark Sisti brought up that LaChance remarked "There he goes" shortly after Laviolette walked outside to confront Levesque over his snowplowing.
"Were you referring to Kyle?" Sisti asked.
"No," she replied. "I saw Jason open the door to his truck."
"Then you say 'I hope he doesn't do anything stupid,'" Sisti said. "Were you talking about Kyle?"
"No," LaChance said loudly.
The two men had had words in the words over Levesque plowing snow onto their driveway.
Also testifying on Thursday was Rochester Police Lt. Spencer Williams-Hurley, who was one of the first on scene and who provided what was likely lifesaving care to Violette prior to the arrival of Frisbie Memorial Hospital paramedics.
The trial continues today and is expected to wrap up next week.