South Africa: Witness Feared Oscar Would Shoot Himself

Pretoria — The first doctor to arrive at the scene where Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp testified on Thursday that the athlete was so emotional he feared he would turn the gun on himself.

"I was afraid Oscar would hurt himself," radiologist Johan Stipp told the High Court in Pretoria, where Pistorius earlier this week pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder.

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