CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — The prosecution and defense both rested their cases Thursday in the murder trial of Othal Wallace, who is accused of fatally shooting Daytona Beach police officer Jason Raynor in June of 2021.

Wallace, who testified in his own defense Thursday, is facing the death penalty in the case.

The prosecution rested its case against Wallace during the morning after a police officer trainer analyzed bodycam video of the shooting.

Then defense presented its case.

Wallace is facing a first-degree murder charge in the June 23, 2021, alleged shooting of Raynor, who died from his injuries two months

The jury heard from multiple witnesses for the state on Wednesday, including a forensic pathologist, a DNA analyst and a ballistics expert.

During the trial this week, Wallace’s attorneys say he was acting in self-defense.

In August 2021, the Daytona Police Department released body camera footage of the shooting, which showed Raynor approaching a man, later identified as Wallace, in a vehicle and asking him if he lived nearby. 

The video shows Wallace getting agitated while in the car before struggling with Raynor. It was during the struggle that a gunshot was heard.

Law enforcement found Wallace three days later in a treehouse on a Georgia property outside of Atlanta, officials said, before they took him into custody.

Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said the property where the treehouse was located was affiliated with a group called the ‘Not F’ing Around Coalition,’ also known as NFAC, and it is a black nationalist paramilitary organization.

Prosecutors argued on Wednesday that Wallace shot Raynor because he’s a police officer.

“He murdered officer Jason Raynor because he was a cop, because he was the police, because he was a law enforcement officer. To him, Officer Raynor was just a pig,” said Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak.

The jury is expected to begin deliberating the case on Friday.