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Man Charged with Shooting Process Server Testifies at Trial

Tulsa County Sheriff

A man charged in the shooting a process server testifies in his own trial.

Christopher Barnett told jurors he regrets shooting the process server at his south Tulsa home last summer but maintained he feared for his life.

Barnett said he embellished his story when he talked to reporters and said things like the process server was trying to break into his house or that the man was reaching for a gun.

Jurors will begin deliberations today. They will be allowed to consider Barnett's attorney's assertion he acted in self-defense.

Barnett, a former candidate for Oklahoma governor, faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.