A witness has told the court her enduring memory from the Ashburton Work and Income shooting is the screams of the receptionist after a balaclava-clad man entered the office.
Russell Tully is accused of murdering two employees in 2014.
Lucy Waller, who was standing in line at reception when the shooting began, has given evidence this afternoon.
She told of a balaclava-clad man entering the office with a gun.
"He walked past me and he walked around behind the reception desk and he lifted his gun and he fired it at the receptionist," Ms Waller says.
Her enduring memory is the screams of the receptionist she heard before fleeing across the road to her car and driving straight to the Ashburton Police Station.
The security guard on duty the morning of the shooting also gave evidence this afternoon. Neville Tahere was one of several people inside the office who fled for their lives out the front doors when the masked gunman opened fire.
He described the moments immediately after the 61 seconds of terror.
"When I entered the foyer I could hear Lindy yelling about her leg, 'my leg, my leg'. Also there was another case manager swearing and cursing asking if anyone had called the police."
When the gunman left on his bike, Mr Tahere told the court he went back inside to the aide of his colleagues.
A woman who narrowly survived the shooting at the Ashburton Work and Income has described the terror as she felt a bullet whoosh past her.
Kim Adams, a Work and Income case manager, is another witness giving evidence at the High Court.
She struggled to compose herself as she recounted the morning of the shooting. A shot fired at Ms Adams missed her head by just two inches as she ran for her life.
"As I moved … I felt like somebody's blowing on my cheek, it was really quite windy and it just went 'whoosh' right past my face."
Tully has again been thrown out of court for disruptive behaviour, as the second week of his trial began in Christchurch today.
He was ordered out after yelling in court, accusing Justice Cameron Mander of "trial fixing".
Justice Cameron Mander reminded the jury it must try the case based on the evidence, not Tully's behaviour.
Last week, Tully was not in court for more than a minute before being told to leave. He has been absent for the entirety of his trial so far.
The jury heard evidence last week from Work and Income staff who said Tully was intimidating and manipulative in their dealings with him.
An Ashburton print shop owner also gave evidence, identifying a sticker found on a cartridge left at the scene as one he printed for a man believed to be Tully.
Tully is standing trial for the murders of Peggy Turuhira Noble and Susan Leigh Cleveland, and the attempted murder of Lindy Louise Curtis and Kim Elizabeth Adams.
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