SASKATOON -- The second day of a first-degree murder trial in Saskatoon heard from a man who testified he witnessed the shooting.

Brandin Brick is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of James Chaisson, who was found dead Feb. 14, 2018.

Nathan Pelly told the court he was in a vehicle with the accused and two others. They had been consuming methamphetamine and travelling to different houses in the Riversdale and Pleasant Hill neighbourhoods, he said.

Pelly testified at one point in the evening of Feb. 13, 2018, Brick drove him and two others to the 7/11 on 22nd Street near Avenue P. and the group all went inside to buy slushies and cigarettes.

Security footage from the 7/11 shows 28-year-old Chaisson walking into the store, shortly after the accused and three others.

While inside Brick suddenly signaled all of them to leave the store, Pelly said.

The security footage shows Pelly leaving with Brick and the victim shortly after.

Pelly testified that once they were back in the vehicle in the 7/11 parking lot, Brick rolled down the window and told the victim to get in the car. Pelly said the victim seemed scared and reluctant to obey Brick’s order.

“(Brick) told him to get in the car and not to be scared,” Pelly said. “Obviously the guy was scared; I didn’t know who he was.”

Pelly told the court Brick pulled out a sawed-off .22 caliber shotgun, pointed it at Chaisson and demanded he get in the vehicle.

Once inside the car, Pelly testified that Brick drove onto 22nd Street and turned south on Avenue P. Moments later, Brick parked the vehicle, turned around and shot Chaisson once, Pelly said.

Pelly told the court Chaisson got out of the vehicle and started running down Avenue P.

Pelly said Brick then took them back to a home on Avenue S South, where they had been earlier in the night. Brick went into a room with another man and closed the door while Pelly sat waiting in the kitchen.

Pelly said Brick came out and told him to get cigarettes. Pelly said he got into the car and headed toward a gas station on Avenue P South and 20th Street. Pelly said on the way he saw what he thought were two people hiding behind a garbage can pointing something at him.

“I felt very scared so I drove off in another direction,” Pelly said, adding he went to a different gas station on 22nd Street and Witney Avenue.

When he returned to the home where Brick was, Brick then asked Pelly to go to another man’s house to get hair clippers.

“I felt like something was going to happen to me so I ended up going to another house. I never physically made it into the home because I was fearful,” Pelly said.

Pelly told the court Brick was a member of the Terror Squad – but that he himself wasn't affiliated or a member of any Saskatoon street gang.

However, Brick's defence lawyer Patrick McDougall argued that Pelly was in fact with Chaisson that night, acting as muscle for a drug deal.

During cross-examination, McDougall asked Pelly if he knew the girl and others he was with the night of the death. Pelly said he didn't, adding he only knew a couple of people they interacted with that night - including Brick.

McDougall argued Pelly was carrying the alleged murder weapon when his group went into the 7/11 on 22nd Street. Pelly denied this.

McDougall argued Pelly was the one who had the gun, and that he was playing the role of security guard on the night in question, knowing the girl he was with had set up a drug deal between Brick and Chaisson.

Security footage inside the 7/11 showed Chaisson walk off-camera to the far end of the store. When Brick, Pelly and two others walked in, Brick is seen walking in the same direction as Chaisson. Seconds later, Brick is seen walking back into the view of the security camera and he waves his arm.

Pelly told the court he doesn't remember Brick waving his hand, but he knew it was time to go.

Pelly testified he did not know anything about a drug deal that night and that he had never witnessed a drug deal happening with Brick.

McDougall argued Pelly was the one who handed Brick the sawed-off shotgun, but Pelly disagreed. Pelly told the court he saw Brick pull the gun out of his pants and threaten Chaisson with the gun, ordering him to get in the car.

Pelly's suspicions of people following him were the result of his methamphetamine use earlier in the night, McDougall said.

"Does meth always make you paranoid," McDougall asked.

"Yes," Pelly responded.

The trial is expected to continue all week at Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench.