These are the CCTV images viewed by a jury yesterday that allegedly show a black-clad gunman opening fire on Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins.

A Pembroke man, 22-year-old Anthony Swan, is on trial at Supreme Court accused of being the shooter who targeted the Court Street businessman.

The jury in his trial heard and saw yesterday how surveillance cameras captured the image of a black-clad and masked individual arriving outside Mr. Rawlins' family store, C&R Discount, at 10.31 a.m. on December 16, 2009.

The camera pictures were released to the media by the Police in the days after the incident and can be viewed on The Royal Gazette website www.theroyalgazette.com.

Talking the jury through the video footage yesterday, Detective Constable Brian Paul described how the person stood outside the store, entered it, then exited.

"He appeared to open fire in the general direction of the persons that were congregated outside the door," he explained. "He's wearing a dark-coloured crash helmet, dark-coloured top, dark-coloured pants with a vertical white stripe."

He continued: "He appeared to fire the weapon in a number of different directions before turning off and running along Elliott Street towards Princess Street."

According to prosecutors, the shots were particularly directed at a white van parked outside the store. Mr. Rawlins, 47, was sitting in the van at the time [see separate story above].

One eyewitness, Elroy Harvey, has described the gunman standing by the shop door and asking "Where's he to?" before turning and firing on the van.

Det. Con. Paul, who viewed the footage for the first time in the immediate aftermath of the incident, told the jury: "I observed a person exiting the white van and heading north along Court Street at quite a rapid pace and turning left and entering a business. I'm not sure which one."

Mr. Rawlins was not injured in the incident, but has since died in a separate incident. The jury heard yesterday of a statement he gave Police on December 18, where he told how he got out of the van and alerted a Police officer to the shooting [see separate story].

Det. Con. Paul also described CCTV footage from a different camera located on the junction of Princess and Elliott Streets. This showed two men on a motorbike turning down Elliott Street towards Court Street less than a minute before the shooter arrived at the scene.

Seconds after Mr. Rawlins exited the van following the gunfire, that camera showed what the detective described as "a dark-coloured cycle being ridden by two persons and the passenger of the vehicle appears to be dressed in similar clothing to the shooter".

This, he said, was a dark top and pants with a white stripe on the side. The bike came out of Elliott Street and headed north along Princess Street to Angle Street.

The trial also heard yesterday from members of the Police Armed Response Unit. They described how Swan allegedly led them on a 90 kph chase through the streets of North Pembroke a short time after the shooting.

Sergeant Darren Glasford said he and colleagues were looking for suspects said to be travelling on a black Honda Scoopy-type motorcycle.

Around 10.45 a.m., the officer, who was on a Police motorbike, spotted a black Scoopy travelling from St. Monica's Road across The Glebe Road.

It had a single rider who matched a description he'd been given, and was wearing a black helmet, white shirt and black pants with a white stripe down the side.

"I attempted to stop the cycle. I attempted to get closer to inform the rider to pull over, but he increased his speed and led us on a chase," Det. Glasford told the jury.

He later added: "It appeared that he was desperately trying to get away. I guess the highest speed he probably reached was 90 kilometres per hour."

He described how the chase ended up heading across the Victor Scott School field to Parson's Road, which was by now "pretty much flooded with Police cars".

The rider hit one of the cars and came off the bike. Sgt. Glasford and other officers restrained him after a struggle and his helmet came off.

Sgt. Glasford identified Swan, sitting in the dock, as the person he restrained and then arrested that morning.

Police Constable David Bird explained it was his car that the motorcyclist hit. He later found a black jacket on the ground between the bike and the car.

"It was obviously relevant because it was a black jacket and he was wearing a white shirt," he told the jury.

Swan denies a string of charges including shooting at Mr. Rawlins with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and the case continues.