Emotional testimony colored the trial of a man accused of shooting former police officer Andres Gonzales in May 2006.

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The scene in 2006 after NOPD officer Andres Gonzales was shot and paralyzed after a routine traffic stop.

Gonzales’ former partner Rebecca Easley took the stand, recalling the events leading up to the shooting that left Gonzales paralyzed.

Back on May 22, 2006, Gonzales and Easley pulled over a car with black, tinted windows in Algiers Point.

That routine traffic stop over illegally tinted windows ended with Gonzales shot in the face and neck.

"He's come a long way,” Easley said.

Gonzales is now in a wheelchair, and his former partner of two years is no longer with the NOPD. She quit to take care of her daughter.

Now, nearly two years later, Easley and Gonzales both are expected to testify against 23-year-old Eddie Harrison, the man accused with shooting him.

Tuesday, Easley heard her own panicked "officer down" call played for the jury. When she saw him lying on Opelousas Street unable to move, bleeding from the face and neck, it brought tears to her eyes on the stand.

She identified Harrison as one of two men they pulled over that day. Then, prosecutors continued their case with crime lab experts who testified they found gun shot residue on Harrison’s hands.

But police testified that they never found the 40-caliber weapon used to shoot Gonzales, that divers who searched the river couldn't see through Katrina debris and a surveillance video that may have captured Gonzales' struggle on tape was lost by a former officer – two key points likely to come up when Harrison’s attorneys present their case.

That’s expected to happen just after Gonzales himself takes the stand to once again identify Harrison as the man who shot him, something revealed during today’s testimony.

"I hope he goes to jail for the rest of his life,” Easley said.

The trial is set to resume Wednesday morning, with prosecutors continuing to present their case. They have 25 people on their witness list, and, so far, have made it through 10. Gonzales is expected to be the last.