ATHENS, Ga. – Jamie Hood spent much of Monday cross-examining an Athens police officer he's accused of shooting.

Hood is defending himself in a 70-count death penalty case. He's accused of fatally shooting Athens-Clarke County Senior Police Officer "Buddy" Christian and wounding another office, Tony Howard in March 2011.

On the stand Monday, Howard said the incident began when he got an alert to be on the lookout for Hood in connection with a kidnapping. Howard said he pulled over a vehicle being driven by Hood's brother.

Howard said that Hood jumped out of the SUV and ran towards him.

Howard described the injuries he suffered from being shot twice during the confrontation that left his fellow officer dead. He said he has recurring health problems from the shooting, including hearing loss.

ATHENS, GA (WXIA) – Friday was an emotional and tension-filled day at the Jamie Hood felony murder trial. Hood came face to face with the friends of the officer he admitted gunning down.

It was hard for some of them to keep their composure as they recalled the day officer Buddy Christian killed in the line of duty.

Sergeant Tony Kinkaid had trouble holding back tears as he described the rapidly unfolding events of March 22, 2011 when Hood allegedly kidnapped marijuana dealer Judon Brooks in the trunk of his Cadillac before later abandoning the car and shooting two officers.

ELBERT COUNTY, Ga. -- More than four years after Jamie Hood confessed to the shootings of two police officers in Clarke County, a jury has been seated for trial.

The jury was selected from Elberton, which is about 40 miles from Athens, Ga., because prosecutors said there was too much pretrial publicity about the case in Athens.

Even in Elbert County, jury selection took more than three weeks.

Prosecutors say it was difficult to find jurors who had not heard about the Hood case or formed opinions about it.