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.

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

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

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

Testifying in his own defense, Raul Valle said a friend tossed a knife to him before driving away from a swarm of adversaries ...

The testimony from a friend who was given immunity in the James McGrath trial brought the defendant to tears on Thursday.

The jury will decide whether Raul Valle was acting in self defense when he killed James McGrath and wounded three others ...

Attorneys in the case are expected to present closing arguments Thursday, after which the jury will begin deliberations.

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

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

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.

The murder trial of Raul Valle in the death of James McGrath in Shelton continued Wednesday with more testimony from ...