A young man moved overseas for his own safety after helping Police investigate the Easter Sunday shooting in St. George.

Ronnie Furbert, 20, witnessed the incident where 29-year-old Dwayne Signor allegedly shot 18-year-old Shawn Williams in the back at the Royal Artillery Association club.

The jury in the trial of Signor and another man accused over the shooting watched a videotape yesterday, where Mr. Furbert helped officers stage a re-enactment of the incident.

Asked by prosecutor Robert Welling how he felt about assisting the Police, Mr. Furbert replied: "At that stage I knew that living here would no longer be safe for me."

Asked if he's lived in Bermuda since the shooting on April 4, Mr. Furbert, from St. George, replied "Only until it became clear that I was helping Police with information, and I've since had to move off the Island."

He revealed that he only returned a few days ago. He took the stand as the first witness for the Crown on Wednesday morning, with two non-uniformed escorts sitting behind him throughout his evidence.

Mr. Furbert was cross-examined by defence lawyers yesterday morning, and admitted he lied repeatedly to Police during the course of two initial interviews about the shooting, when he was being held as a suspect himself.

He said he was trying to get himself out of trouble when he denied seeing what happened. But he insisted he gave a true account of events in a third interview, when he told Police Signor was the shooter.

Asked by Mr. Welling why he decided to give a true account to detectives in the end, Mr. Furbert replied: "It got to the point where I was stressing my family out and I was sick of doing it, so I thought it was just best to come clean."

According to prosecutors and Mr. Furbert, Signor pulled the trigger on Mr. Williams in the midst of a heated brawl during a reggae party at the club.

Mr. Furbert described how a Sandys man, Khyri Smith-Williams, 19, indicated concern to him prior to the shooting that "Parkside guys" from the town area may be present.

He said Smith-Williams then indicated he was carrying a gun, shortly before getting involved in a scuffle with some St. George's men who tried to disarm him.

Mr. Furbert alleged that Signor grabbed the gun from among the fighting group and used it to shoot Mr. Williams, from Paget, who was fighting a man from St. George named Jason Barnett.

Mr. Williams collapsed, suffering from a single bullet wound to his back, which hit his left kidney and perforated his colon.

He required surgery. Smith-Williams was also injured in the incident, suffering a stab wound and slashes and getting knocked unconscious.

Mr. Furbert told the jury he went to CedarBridge Academy with both Mr. Williams and Smith-Williams, and considered Mr. Williams to be a friend.

He also described Signor as a friend who was part of the group he was hanging out with that night.

Prosecutor Mr. Welling asked him: "You were, in the early hours of April 4 this year, friends with all these people. Are you friends with them now?" ]"No," replied Mr. Furbert.

Signor is accused of attempting to murder Mr. Williams, shooting at him with a loaded firearm with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and possessing a firearm and a 9 mm bullet.

Smith-Williams is accused of carrying a firearm and going armed in public so as to cause terror. They the charges and the case continues.