Court adjourned Thursday before the judge finished instructing the jury, and will resume on Monday after the holiday.

The jury must decide whether Raul Valle was acting in self-defense when he killed one person and wounded three others in 2022 ...

The defendant says he was confronted and beaten by a mob of teens when he "started waving and just stabbing in every ...

Tyler DaSilva, who was with the defendant the night James McGrath was killed in 2022, was granted immunity for his ...

"The defendant was near Jimmy and he was lunging toward him," the witness, Shelton resident Taylor Capela, said.

Before Connery took the stand, Taylor Capela, another partygoer who said last week she witnessed Valle lunging at McGrath as ...

The defendant said he was getting beaten by a mob and began swinging a knife to try to get people to get off of him.

Two of the people who were stabbed at the 2022 Shelton party where James McGrath was killed testified on Tuesday.

The Shelton resident who hosted a party where James McGrath was fatally stabbed during a fight in 2022 was the first to ...

Defendant takes the stand at murder trial in fatal stabbing of James McGrath at Shelton party By Ethan Fry, Liz Hardaway, Peter Yankowski, Staff Writers Updated June 30, 2025 5:21 p.m.

Raul Valle, 20, faces charges of murder and assault in connection with a 2022 Shelton fight where Fairfield Prep's James McGrath was fatally stabbed.