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NEW ORLEANS -- Former New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas told a jury Wednesday that he thought a heated argument between retired Saints star Will Smith and an irate driver had cooled -- but then he heard gunshots and turned to see his friend being gunned down.After the shooting stopped I stood there in shock. Telling myself that didnt happen, Thomas said, his voice shaking. Telling myself he didnt just kill one of my friends, my former teammate.Smiths killer was Cardell Hayes, 29, a former semi-pro football player and owner of a tow-truck business. At dispute in the second-degree murder trial is whether Hayes legitimately feared for his life when both men got out of their cars after a collision to confront each other on a street in New Orleans.Hayes also wounded Smiths wife, Racquel, in the legs, before surrendering to police at the scene.Thomas testimony is the latest to bolster the prosecutions scenario of how the shooting unfolded: The Smiths were out for the evening with friends after a festival in the French Quarter. The group was traveling in three different vehicles when Smiths Mercedes SUV stopped short behind an orange Hummer.Surveillance video appears to show that the SUV may have lightly bumped the Hummer. Smith then steered around it and continued on his way, with the Hummer in pursuit. Moments later, the Hummer rammed into the rear of Smiths vehicle, and both drivers got out and angrily confronted each other.Only Hayes was armed. Police have said a loaded handgun remained in Smiths car.Prosecutors and their witnesses say Racquel had calmed her husband, the argument had subsided when Hayes fired, hitting her in the legs, followed by a bullet to Smiths side and seven more in his back.Defense attorneys John Fuller and Jay Daniels have questioned these witnesses credibility and insisted that Hayes fired in fear that Smith was going for his own gun.While the prosecution says Hayes deliberately rammed his Hummer into the SUV, the defense says the collision was an accident, which they blamed on Hayes being distracted as he tried to report the earlier contact between the vehicles to 911.Fuller noted that Smith had been drinking at the festival, a bar and two restaurants earlier that night, but Thomas insisted that Smith showed no signs of being out of control, and resisted suggestions that he was trying to burnish Smiths image.I want justice, he told Fuller during his cross-examination.Thomas said he had been in a car ahead of the SUV, and was walking back to the scene after hearing a crash and seeing signs of a wreck in his rearview mirror. He saw Smith being fired upon, then confirmed his fears.Another Smith family friend, Rebecca Dooley testified Wednesday that Hayes shouted taunts at the slain mans body, sounding evil and showing no remorse.Dooley and her husband were riding with Smith and his wife when the Hummer slammed into them.They just both seemed angry: Will saying `You hit my car, `Mr. Hayes saying, `You hit me first, then back and forth, back and forth, Dooley testified.Dooley said her husband and Hayes passenger also had words, and that the passenger took a swing at her husband. But she said no physical contact was made among any of those arguing, and she too thought tempers had calmed.Then, she said: I see Mr. Hayes walking toward Will with a gun pointed at him. I hear shots fired. I see Wills body jolt.Look at you now. You were showing off, Dooley quoted Hayes as saying over Smiths slumped body.It just sounded like there was no remorse -- evil kind of sounding, Dooley testified.Then, she said, I heard Mr. Hayes say, `Wheres that white boy at?At that point I though he was looking for my husband, she said, but no other shots were fired.Contradicting a developing defense narrative, Dooley and Thomas said they never heard Smith threaten to fetch a gun before he was shot.Dooleys husband, Richard Hernandez, also took the stand Wednesday, and the defense pointed to inconsistencies in his testimony as well as a discrepancy between his account and what his wife apparently told police.Fuller noted that Hernandez testified at one point that the drivers were calm after the accident but also said he pulled his shirt off, expecting a fight. 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The Croats arrived in Belfast over the weekend without a raft of senior players, including Lovren, who asked not to be called up for either Tuesdays friendly with Northern Ireland or last Saturdays World Cup qualifier against Iceland for personal reasons.Lovren has endured a rocky relationship with Cacic, his former boss at Inter Zapresic, having been left out of the Euro 2016 squad - a decision that saw both sides trade barbs in public - but he was back in the fold for the September match with Turkey when he was an unused substitute. Cacic says he has no issues with Lovren And though Lovren has not played a game for his country since before the summer, Cacic insists the door remains open for a player who has impressed since Jurgen Klopps arrival on Merseyside.I think weve said enough about that this year - for me, there is no case with Lovren, Cacic said. I know that when I feel he is needed for the team he will be called up and of course he will come to play for the national team. 6 months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price I was his first senior coach, all the way back in 2006 at Inter Zapresic, I know him very well. He was a young player then and hes shown that he has the capacity to have a respectable career.We are all proud of him because hes playing for a big club in England, one of the two best leagues in the world, along with Spain, which is a great satisfaction for everyone whos worked with him and especially for him personally. Lovren has been revitalised since the arrival of Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool To any national team, including Croatia, hes a needed player, somebody that we dont want to not use in the future.Lovren will not be the only high-profile Croatian player missing at Windsor Park against the Northern Irish, with Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Mateo Kovacic, Ivan Perisic, Vedran Corluka, Danijel Subasic and Nikola Kalinic all left behind from the original squad announcement.dddddddddddd Michael ONeill and Steven Davis are both looking forward to playing Croatia tomorrow. Its the first time the two nations have played each other It will give Cacic an opportunity to look at others, including teenage midfielder Ante Coric, linked in the past with Liverpool and Tottenham, and former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric.The latter was a record buy for the Foxes in January 2015 but departed for Hoffenheim recently having scored just four times for the Midlands club. Though he may have a point to prove in this part of the world, team-mate Mario Mandzukic is adamant Kramaric can recover from his ill-fated spell with the Foxes. Andrej Kramaric left Leicester to join Hoffenheim I know him very well from his playing days in Croatia and hes obviously a quality player, said Juventus Mandzukic, who refused to discuss the possibility of moving to England himself in the near future.I know what he can do during the match and during the training sessions and I believe there are a lot of good things waiting for him in his career. He is a hard worker and I think he made a good move by moving to the Bundesliga because he has shown he can play at the highest level.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Round-up: Monreal nets in Spain win ONeill: Scots not on my agenda NI players donate fees to charity Koeman: Liverpool impress me ' ' '