MADISON -- Wednesday, the trial for Deshawn Gleaton Jr.'s murder charges continued to illuminate the exact picture of Hailey Christiansen's last hours in her life. 

Gleaton faces a jury in Madison County after the shooting death of Christiansen in 2020.

Madison County Attorney and prosecutor Joe Smith called his witnesses, Wednesday.

The courtroom, filled with Christiansen's family, began with hearing from neighbors of Christiansen. 

Noel Leinen testified that he was having coffee on his porch at around 6:45 a.m. July 24th of 2020, when he heard a gunshot.

Then, "I seen Hailey ran across the street. She came out of the house and slammed the door behind her and said 'oh my god, oh my god, oh my god,' ran to 1103 Lane, collapsed on the steps," Leinen recapped. He ran to her, and, "I sat down, held her head, took her hand, told her," Leinen then paused, "I asked her to keep breathing."

Steven Shipman testified that he had been working at a group home at 1103 Lane, where Christiansen ran to after being shot. It was he who then called 911 -- the dispatch having been reported at 6:47 a.m., witnesses claimed. 

Within minutes, first responders reached the scene. 

Norfolk Police Officer Derek Fryer testified that three NPD officers arrived first. He said, one attended to Christiansen while the other two searched the house and fenced yard.

Fryer noted that the Nebraska State Patrol and Madison Sheriff Deputies responded, too.

Before Norfolk Fire and Rescue responders were allowed to help Christiansen, though, NPD had to secure the scene. Using a collapsable shield, NPD verified no one was inside, Fryer said. 

Fryer stated, he did see a 45 caliber bullet -- but Gleaton's defense attorney had Fryer note that he could not prove where it was shot from. 

After less than two minutes of waiting nearby, medics were allowed to take over care of Christiansen from the NPD.

Responders with the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Division gave accounts to fill in the EMT responders' perspective. EMT Brock Soderberg detailed how, during chest compressions, Christiansen went in and out of consciousness. 

"She was able to tell us she had been shot, she was afraid she was going to die, and I told her we're taking care of you right now," corroborated Norfolk Fire and Rescue Captain Scott Bonsall. 

They left the scene at 6:56 a.m. During the ambulance ride, Soderberg described, Christiansen pleaded with them to tell her son she loves him. 

"She never got off the subject of, 'tell my family I love them," Soderberg said. 

But at one point, Bonsall did try to ask Christiansen who shot her. Bonsall testified that she had replied, "I don't know," and later responded "No." Gleaton's defense attorney, Todd Lancaster, took the chance as evidence for his defendant. 

"You asked who shot her -- and she said no?" Lancaster clarified. While that was indeed Bonsall's recount, the responder later added, "In my experience," Bonsall testified, "Patients who are in the same state as Hailey was at that time, they don't always give a direct answer to a question they are asked [...] Those 'I don't knows' and 'no' [mean] 'no leave me alone,' [...]  It's just the body's direction."

Lancaster had Bonsall clarify, though, that a patient's 'no' can also indeed mean an honest, straight 'no' answer, which Bonsall conceded. 

Christiansen arrived at Faith Regional Hospital at 7:02 a.m., according to Soderberg. There, she died shortly after being taken into the cardio surgeon team's care. Dr. Beethoven Brown testified that her heart was not repairable -- and that it had been almost a miracle Christiansen did not in fact die immediately after the gunshot across her chest. 

Officers from the Sioux City Police Department in Iowa testified about how Gleaton was arrested after having fled the scene of Christiansen's death. Detective Paul Yaneff and Officer Jacob Noltze testified that a SWAT team from their department found and arrested Gleaton on July 25th, around 4 a.m., with the aid of a police K9 and a distraction device, in the Morningside area. 

Wednesday's testimonies ended with more hospital recounting, and specifics into the autopsy and science of how Christiansen died.