Blind defendant says he killed woman in self-defense

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The William “Big Shot” Fambro murder trial took a bizarre turn Thursday when Fambro took the stand on his own behalf, saying he shot Teresa Hunter in self-defense because she became angry at him over his recent marriage.

Fambro, 44, said Hunter, 35, hit him in the head with a “weapon,” and he “grabbed her arm, wrist area” and took a gun from her, then shot multiple times at her as he was backing away, until the gun ran out of ammunition.

Fambro testified Thursday in the courtroom of Judge Ronald Rice of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court that he has been 100 percent blind since having surgery for a tumor 17 years ago. Fambro said he heard gurgling coming from Hunter that lasted about 15 to 20 seconds after the gunfire stopped.

Fambro and Hunter were living together in an apartment on Lodwick Street Northwest at the time and had been romantically involved earlier in 2015, he said. The shooting took place Oct. 14, 2015, in the Riverview Motel on Parkman Road.

Read more about the case in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.