Jurors on Monday heard from a Lauderhill man who is on trial for allegedly shooting a Sunrise Police officer.
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In the courtroom, prosecutors played a jail phone call where they said Romuliss Hicks admitted to firing on the officer back in 2024.
Hicks, 34, is on trial for shooting Sunrise Police Det. Robert Padron.
According to police, officers were trying to arrest Hicks on a warrant in January of 2024 when video showed Hicks firing at Padron twice, striking him once.
During the trial, Hicks hasn’t been in the courtroom, but prosecutors said the recorded jail phone call with a friend proved that he admitted to the shooting.
“I ain’t tripping, I know what I did,” Hicks said in the call. “I chose to pull that trigger, you know what I’m saying? It is what it is, dog.”
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Detective Padron, who had been shot in the leg, testified during the trial.
Hicks was also shot once and recovered.
During closing arguments, the defense insisted Hicks had no ill-will toward Padron, and therefore Hicks didn’t commit attempted second-degree-murder.
They pleaded with the jurors to consider a lesser charge of attempted manslaughter.
Hicks is charged with second-degree murder.
He’s already serving a 50-year prison sentence in a separate case that was tried earlier this year when she shot his girlfriend.
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The case has been handed to the jury.