"In today's opening statements in the murder trial of San Francisco journalist and filmmaker Kevin Epps, lawyers for the prosecution and defense presented wildly differing depictions of Marcus Polk - the homeless man Epps shot dead some nine years ago. Epps, 57, is a well-known documentary filmmaker from Hunters Point and the executive editor of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper. He is charged with murder for killing Polk in 2016 - Epps says it was self-defense and that Polk came into his home."
"When they returned to the house, Polk entered the home with them, even though Epps told him not to. Moments later, Epps shot Polk in the arm and through his left-side lateral muscle, from at least two or three feet away. Schmidt, the prosecutor, said Polk had been "trying to help out." He showed images of Polk's body and the location of his wounds on the screen, with the bullet exiting through the front of his chest."
Kevin Epps, 57, a documentary filmmaker and executive editor of the San Francisco Bay View, is charged with murder for killing Marcus Polk in 2016. Epps contends he acted in self-defense and that Polk entered his home. The District Attorney filed charges in 2019 after a forensic analyst suggested Polk had turned away at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors portray Polk as close to the family who frequently visited their Glen Park home. The defense portrays Polk as using meth, violating parole, and repeatedly arriving unwelcome. On Oct. 24, 2016, Polk argued about a trash bin, entered the house despite being told not to, and was shot from two to three feet, with wounds exiting through the front of his chest.
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