A witness described seeing a gunman open fire on Reid Street as the trial of three men accused of attempted murder continued yesterday.

Devon Hewey, 25, Cervio Cox, 30, both from Warwick, and Julian Washington, 24, from Pembroke, all deny two charges of attempted murder and using a firearm outside Shine’s nightclub in the early hours of March 24, 2012.

Neither of the men allegedly targeted — Mr Thomas and Darren Thompson — were shot in the incident, which sparked a high-speed chase to the Botanical Gardens where officers found a motorcycle with its engine and muffler still warm and the keys in the ignition.

While only two men were on the motorcycle used in the shooting, the Crown has said that all three defendants have been forensically linked to the shooting and can be found guilty of the crime.

The court heard evidence yesterday from three witnesses who were stuck in traffic lights in the area when the shooting took place.

One witness, who cannot be identified due to a reporting restriction, told the court that on the evening of the shooting she had attended the Hamilton Police Station to make a report regarding an unrelated incident in which her car was damaged.

Leaving the police station at around 3.30am, she told the court she was driving her mother’s car while her mother drove her car close behind.

She said both vehicles were stopped at the traffic lights outside of Island Trading on the Reid Street Extension, telling the court she noticed a crowd of young people outside of Shine’s nightclub as she waited for the light to turn green.

Suddenly, she said, she saw a man run in front of her car and the crowd of people began to run to a parking lot to the east of Island Trading. She then heard a gunshot.

“I have been to a gun range before so I know what a gun sounds like,” she said. “I knew what it was. It was like a pop.”

She testified that she then saw two men on a motorcycle overtake her slowly on the left side of her car.

As it passed, she saw the pillion passenger raise his arm, pointing it in the direction of the Seon Place office block.

“I saw a black object, which I assumed was a gun. When I saw the spark, I knew what it was,” the witness said. “I saw the gun go off. It was pointed towards the John Swan building [Seon Place], right at the beginning of the building.

“That’s where I saw him, the first gentleman who was in a hurry, that’s where I saw him go.

“I remember hearing my mom shout my name and I saw her overtake me. I caught myself and took off.”

She said she drove down Spurling Hill and was travelling along East Broadway near Great Things when she was overtaken by a motorcycle, which she said was the same vehicle involved in the shooting, followed by a police car.

She said both vehicles continued towards the Berry Hill/Point Finger Road area, where she lost sight of them.

The following morning, she said she was directed to a small round hole in the trunk of her car and another in the back of the vehicle’s rear seat which had not been there prior to the incident.

The jury had earlier heard evidence from a forensic support officer, who had searched the car for a bullet without success.

Under cross examination, the witness said she had known Mr Washington for several years and that she could tell he was not the pillion passenger.

She described the pillion passenger as “wide”, while saying that Mr Washington has always been thin.

The court also heard a written police statement from the witness’s mother, who said she saw the gunman fire towards a person running to the Seon Place building.

And a friend of the first witness said she was lying down in the back seat of the car driven by the mother when she heard two gunshots and quickly sat up.

She said she saw two men on a motorcycle in front of their vehicle, the pillion passenger holding a firearm in his right hand.

She then saw a bright flash of light and heard a third gunshot.