Jury Selection in Lagoon Shooter Case Set to Start Today

Jury selection in the trial of a Foster City man charged with opening fire on two neighbors is scheduled to begin today, prosecutors said.

Jesse David Wilson, 40 of Foster City, faces seven felony charges including two counts of attempted murder for allegedly opening fire on five people on a summer night in 2010 during a dispute that followed a ruckus in a nearby lagoon where the alleged victims were canoeing.

Opening arguments are expected to begin on Tuesday in a trial being held at the Redwood City Courthouse that will take an estimated three to four weeks, Assistant District Attorney Brian Donnellan told Patch.

The case is being tried before Superior Court Judge John Grandsaert.

Prosecutors say Wilson shot two men in an incident that occurred at Beach Cove Apartments on Catamaran Street on July 9, 2010.

The alleged shooting victims were with three women in a canoe that had just capsized in a nearby lagoon.

Wilson also faces five counts of assault with a firearm. He is free on $500,000 bail.

According to testimony at his preliminary hearing, Wilson allegedly emerged from his apartment confronting the alleged victims with a .22 caliber revolver. Steven Dimond and Anthony Cook suffered gunshot wounds that required medical treatment in an incident that prosecutors say occurred shortly before midnight.

Wilson allegedly opened fire when the two men charged him separately.

Dimond sustained a gunshot wound to his armpit area and Cook was shot in the abdomen. Wilson suffered facial injuries in an ensuing scuffle.

Dimond testified at Wilson’s preliminary hearing that his wounds required a four-month hospitalization.