Accused Foster City Lagoon Shooter Trial Set to Start Today

The trial of a Foster City man accused of shooting two neighbors was scheduled to start today.

A superior court judge granted continuances in the trial of 40-year-old Jesse David Wilson twice last year – one at the , and the other called for by Wilson’s lawyer in October.

Wilson is accused of shooting two men for creating a ruckus at Beach Cove Apartments on Catamaran Street on July 9, 2010.

The alleged shooting victims were with three women in a canoe that capsized in a nearby lagoon. Wilson faces two counts of attempted murder and five counts of assault with a firearm.

He is free on $500,000 bail.

Prosecutors say Wilson opened fire on Steven Dimond and Anthony Cook. The shootings occurred shortly before midnight.

According to testimony at his preliminary hearing last year, Wilson allegedly emerged from his apartment confronting the alleged victims with a .22 caliber revolver.

Wilson allegedly opened fire when the two men charged him separately.

Dimond sustained a gunshot wound to his armpit area and Cook was shot in the abdomen. Wilson suffered facial injuries in an ensuing scuffle.

Dimond testified at Wilson’s preliminary hearing that his wounds required a four-month hospitalization.