Overview
- Lynette Sharp testified she picked up Benjamin Song near the facility, supplied clothes and a wig, and said he told her, “and then I shot him,” after hiding for nearly a day in rural brush.
- Sharp described weapons training and group meetings before July 4, including drills and messaging on Signal, while also saying some friends arrived late and were caught in the chaos.
- Seth Sikes told jurors fireworks were launched along a tree line as vandalism began, then he heard Song shout “Get to the rifles” before gunfire and a scramble to flee.
- A second cooperator, Susan Kent, read Signal messages attributed to Song calling the site “an easy target” and vowing to “make some noise,” and she faced defense challenges over her statements about Antifa.
- Nine defendants face charges that include attempted murder, material support for terrorism, rioting and explosives conspiracy, with cooperators awaiting sentencing and the retrial continuing in Fort Worth.