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Jury deliberates fate of Jose Gonzalez – man accused in death of FDNY EMT

Jurors in the murder trial of Jose Gonzalez are deliberating after weeks of evidence and testimony from dozens of witnesses.

Carmen Grant and Bob Doda

Mar 7, 2023, 10:41 PM

Updated 703 days ago

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Jurors in the murder trial of Jose Gonzalez are deliberating after weeks of evidence and testimony from dozens of witnesses. 
Gonzalez is accused of running over FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo with her own ambulance in March 2017. Jurors heard closing arguments Tuesday in the Bronx Hall of Justice.
Gonzalez's attorney told jurors they could not hold his client responsible for Yadira's death because he was in a psychiatric-induced episode fueled by PCP. The defense also told the jury that Gonzalez didn’t see Arroyo when he drove her ambulance forward.
The prosecution portrayed a different picture of Gonzales, saying he was a man who knew exactly what he was doing on March 16, 2017, when he stole her city ambulance and drove over her body twice at the intersection of White Plains Road and Watson Avenue. 
The victim's family and supporters were in the courtroom – exhausted after six years of waiting for this trial. They say Gonzalez's actions cost Arroyo her life and that he should spend years in prison.
Gonzalez faces the top charge of felony murder in the first degree and up to 25 years to life in prison. Deliberations continue Wednesday.