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Trial begins for a Liverpool man accused of murdering friends while high on 'water'
Posted: 04.30.2012 at 6:48 AM Updated: 04.30.2012 at 6:05 PM
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Trial begins for Liverpool man accused of killing two friends while high on 'water'
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SYRACUSE -- Jury selection started Monday morning in Onondaga County Court for a Liverpool man accused of killing two of his friends and shooting a third while high on ‘water’.

Investigators say 28-year-old Martinous Hudson, of Liverpool, was high on marijuana and a hallucinogenic drug when he opened fire in a van last August, killing two of his friends and injuring a third.

Police say Hudson and his friends were driving in a car on West Glen Street back in August 2010 when he suddenly began ranting incoherently about the devil.

He then pulled out a gun and started firing at his companions.

17-year-old Lavonna Hamilton and 24-year old Maurice Miller were killed. 24-year-old Eric Bellamy was hurt.

Syracuse Police say that "water" is the street name for a cigarette or marijuana joint that is dipped in liquid PCP. They say users can become disoriented and enraged while having a high threshold for pain. It can also cause heart attacks, brain damage, hallucinations, and even death.

Hudson is charged with two counts of second degree murder.

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