Three survivors of the February 2025 KDC/One warehouse shooting took the stand Aug. 24, offering the first public courtroom accounts of the attack that killed two workers in New Albany.

Nick Harris, a KDC/One employee shot in the left arm and neck, told the Licking County Court of Common Pleas he was near co-worker Kyle Vaver when the gunfire started.

"It's very weird because time slowed down for me in this moment. It looked like, for some reason, it looked like Kyle had just fallen asleep and I was talking to him. He looked so asleep to me. Then there was a loud noise. I didn't understand what was going on. Then I was looking down a barrel of a gun and looking into Bruce Foster. His eyes were so wide. I can't explain it. They were so wide," Harris testified.

Harris said his fight-or-flight instincts took over. He sprinted away, vaguely aware his left arm had stopped working, then felt something hit the back of his neck. He got back up and kept running.

Govin Sharma, a Tri-Tech Laboratories quality assurance worker, wrestled the gun away from Bruce Foster III during the attack. The weapon discharged during the struggle, striking Sharma in the side of the head. He chose not to fire back.

"I didn't shoot him. I had the gun, he shot me, he shot my friends, I didn't shoot him. I said stop it," Sharma told the court.

Sagar Wagley, also a Tri-Tech quality assurance employee, was the third survivor to testify. Two of the people shot told the court they saw Foster approaching the office area where they were working on the night of Feb. 4, 2025, but had no idea he was about to open fire.

As we reported Monday, Foster, 30, faces 19 charges including four counts of aggravated murder and two counts of attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The Feb. 4, 2025, shooting at 8825 Smith's Mill Road North killed Vaver, 38, and Shekhar Chapagai, 30, and wounded four others.

Seven witnesses testified on the trial's first day. Beyond the three survivors, the court heard from Ohio BCI Special Agent Sarah Taylor, former KDC/One employee James Hmes, human resources staffer Katherine Dunham and witness Tika Timisina, according to Columbus Dispatch coverage of the proceedings.

Prosecutors showed security video of Foster walking through the warehouse with a gun before the shooting and body-camera footage of officers searching the facility afterward. Evidence presented included the firearm itself, its serial number matching a case found in Foster's Columbus apartment.

Licking County Assistant Prosecutor Tyler McCoy framed the case as premeditated, telling the court that Foster "had a plan, started to execute that plan, changed his clothes, and concealed a loaded handgun in his backpack," according to ABC6.

Defense attorney Brandon Shroy countered that the case is not about what happened but why, arguing Foster had long-documented mental health issues that were not being properly treated. The defense plans to call psychologists Bob Stinson and John Tilley to testify about Foster's mental state at the time of the offense.

Judge W. David Branstool is presiding over the bench trial, meaning he alone will determine the verdict. The prosecution has subpoenaed more than 120 witnesses.

The trial is expected to continue through Aug. 29.