The Crown has finished presenting evidence in Const. James Forcillo’s trial for shooting Sammy Yatim on a Dundas streetcar in July 2013.

It is now the turn of the defence.

The jury has heard Forcillo will testify, as will a use-of-force expert who teaches at the Ontario Police College.

Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder. The case hinges on whether his use of lethal force was reasonable and justified.

Forcillo fired nine times in two volleys, five seconds apart, striking 18-year-old Yatim eight times as he held a knife on an empty streetcar, the jury has heard. The three shots from the first volley hit Yatim in his heart, spine and arm. Five of the bullets from the second volley struck Yatim in his lower body.

Forcillo will testify that he believed Yatim was an imminent threat to his safety and the safety of members of the public, according to the defence opening statement from the start of the trial.

He will also admit his perception of Yatim getting up after being shot three times was mistaken, lawyer Peter Brauti has told the jury.

Since the trial began almost exactly a month ago, the jury has viewed graphic videos of the shooting, captured from several angles by TTC security videos on the streetcar, a surveillance camera from a nearby business and bystanders with cameraphones.

They have heard from the driver of the streetcar, passengers on the streetcar, the bystanders who filmed the incident and deputy police chief Mike Federico.

They have viewed a computer model of the incident, re-creating the positions of Forcillo and Yatim in the moments before and at the shooting.

The pathologist who conducted an autopsy of Yatim’s body and the toxicologist who found moderate to moderately high levels of ecstasy in his blood also testified.

Among the last Crown witnesses was use-of-force expert Robert Warshaw who testified Forcillo had several alternatives to using lethal force including de-escalation tactics.

The jury has not yet heard from the other police officers at the scene with Forcillo, including his partner Const. Iris Fleckeisen. Some of those officers are expected to testify as part of the defence case.

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The defence is also expected to call the female passengers who sat near Yatim at the back of the streetcar and whose screams sparked the panicked exodus. The jury has seen on the TTC video that Yatim swiped his knife close to the neck of one of the women but did not make contact with her.

The trial resumes Wednesday.