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Dennis Bonnono said the gunman was "Just a great little kid."
Dennis Bonnono said the gunman got along with his parents as well as anyone would expect.
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Dennis Bonnono said about finding out about the theater shooting: "It flabbergasted me. It was so horrific."
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Defense call Ritchie Duong, who went to middle school, high school and college with the gunman.
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Duong: "We used to play this card game... Magic: The Gathering [in the middle school cafeteria.]"
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Duong described the gunman in middle school as "A funny kid. Kinda like a goofball."
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"In high school he seemed like the same person to me... didn't change at all," Duong said.
Duong only went to the gunman's house once.
Duong said he felt the gunman was "still the same person" after graduating high school and going to UC Riverside.
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"We would have this thing, "Lost" night, where we'd watch this TV series "Lost" every week," Duong said.
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"He was never the type of person who would get mad... he'd cool off," Duong said.
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"I know he's gonna go away for a while... I'm trying to distance myself from him," Duong said.
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Jury question: Did you notice any change in [the gunman's] personality from middle school through college?
Duong: "No."
Duong says there was no noticeable change in his demeanor, either.
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Defense calls Earl Anthony Domingo, childhood friend of the gunman's. He said they played video games and the card game Magic: The Gathering.
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"The whole time I knew him he was very soft spoken," Domingo said.
Domingo said he went to the gunman's house once and had the gunman over to his home a few times.