Like the defense did before, Futa walked Deedy step-by-step through the Waikiki McDonald’s surveillance video that captured the shooting as well as the cell phone footage that was taken immediately afterward.
Futa continued to press Deedy on why he didn’t walk away from McDonald’s instead of approaching Elderts when he believed another customer was being picked on.
She also challenged the federal on whether anyone else in the restaurant, including his friends, saw him show his badge and credentials to Elderts before getting into a fight with him.
Futa’s final question for Deedy was whether he could have shot and killed Elderts had the federal agent left his gun in his hotel room, to which Deedy responded: “That’s true. If I didn’t not have a gun I could not have fired a gun at Mr. Elderts.”
The trial will resume around 1:15 p.m. Deedy’s defense team will likely take the opportunity to ask more questions of the federal agent.
Deedy, 29, is accused of second degree murder for killing Elderts, a 23-year-old Kailua man, in a Waikiki McDonald’s on Nov. 5, 2011.
The federal agent was in Honolulu as part of a State Department diplomatic security detail for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Photo: Federal agent Christopher Deedy testifies during his murder trial Thursday. (Screen capture from KITV live stream)
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