PHOENIX — Two survivors of a serial killing spree in the Phoenix area testified against one of two men accused in the case.
Timmy Tordai and Clarissa Rowley were among the lucky ones to survive the "Serial Shooters." The same night they were shot, two men were slain, three dogs were killed and a fourth was wounded — all crimes that prosecutors are trying to pin on Dale Hausner.
Tordai and Rowley testified Thursday against Hausner, who is facing 87 charges, including eight murders.
Hausner is accused of randomly shooting and killing people and animals throughout metro Phoenix from May 2005 to August 2006 in what became known as the "Serial Shooters" investigation. He has pleaded not guilty.
Hausner's alleged accomplice and former roommate, Sam Dieteman, has pleaded guilty to two murders and is expected to testify against Hausner.
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Tordai testified that he had just gotten off a bus Dec. 29, 2005, and was walking home when he felt a pop under his collarbone and fell to the ground.
"I thought I was having a heart attack," he said. "And then I saw the blood."
He said he prayed and found the strength to stand up and walk the last block to his home, where someone called police. Police found a .22-caliber shell casing at the scene.
Tordai said he is still afraid to go out at night.
Rowley was an active-duty Marine and a veteran of the Iraq war. She said she was working as a prostitute in Phoenix when she saw a car pass her, do a U-turn and stop in the center lane.
She testified that she thought it might be a customer until she saw a gun barrel come out the driver's window. And then she thought of her military training. Rowley's hands absorbed most of the buckshot, but she's still got a pellet lodged in her neck.
Defense attorney Ken Everett has said Hausner was at the zoo that night.
