Accounts as to exactly what happened on 26 August differ, the court heard, but the jury was told there was a "possible argument" over drink and Mr York had wanted Mr Clary out of the house.
The technical details of the California case may differ, but the level of fear people feel as they listen to accounts of the manhunt for a well trained suspect who authorities say has a vendetta is similarly acute, said Jim Trainum, a former homicide detective with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department who worked on the sniper case.