Live from the courtroom: Serial Shooter suspect Dale Hausner said he purchased his .22 caliber rifle three days after the murder of Tony Mendez, adding to his defense that he is not a serial killer.
Authorities believe the Mendez murder is the first crime in the killing spree, taking place on May 17, 2005. Mendez was found dead, tangled up in his bicycle on the side of the road in east Phoenix. Emergency crews originally thought he had been run over by a car until they found a small-caliber bullet hole in his upper body.
This morning on the witness stand, Hausner said he didn’t even own the kind of gun that could have made that bullet hole until May 20, 2005, three days after the murder took place.