Medical witnesses told a jury in Saint John that Alexander Bishop’s wound was not survivable.
Zakkary Reed, 31, on trial for first-degree murder of Alexander Bishop
Mia Urquhart · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 09, 2025 5:02 PM EST | Last Updated: January 9
Zakkary Reed, 31, is on trial for first-degree murder in the Aug. 20, 2023, death of Alexander Bishop, 38. (Zakkary Reed/Facebook)
Medical witnesses told a jury in Saint John that Alexander Bishop’s wound was not survivable.
Advanced-care paramedic George Scott testified Thursday at the first-degree murder trial of Zakkary Hyulett Reed. He said he was one of three paramedics who responded to the 911 call early on Aug. 20, 2023.
He said a colleague cut Bishop’s shirt open to reveal the wound. Scott said he determined the injury was “not compatible with life … and that resuscitation would be futile.”
The pathologist who did Bishop’s autopsy the day after his death told the jury the wound in Bishop’s upper chest measured about four by five centimetres and resulted in “significant” blood loss.
Dr. Mohammad Hossain said humans have an average of five litres of blood in their bodies. Bishop had about 2.5 litres of blood pooled in his chest cavity, plus an unknown amount of blood that poured out of the wound at the scene.
Based on gunpowder residue that was visible around the wound,
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