The evidentiary hearing for a man accused of taking part in the May 21 murder of Johnny Amy in Norwich will resume Friday.

Relatives of Amy, who was 25 years old when he was gunned down in the intersection of Franklin and Oak streets, were in the courtroom today as two eyewitnesses and police and rescue officials testified in the case. The state is trying to convince Judge Patrick J. Clifford that there is enough evidence to try William A. Long, also known as “Trig,” on a murder charge.

Today’s testimony and court documents indicate that Long’s codefendant, Daquan “Q” Holmes, is accused of shooting Amy with a handgun that Long retrieved from his East Main Street apartment following a late night altercation at Chasers bar on Franklin Street.

It is unclear whether Amy was involved in the Franklin Street altercation, and at least one witness told police that Amy was not the intended target of the shooting.

Holmes was arrested in Queens, N.Y., Oct. 19 and awaits extradition. Long was arrested in September and opted for this probable cause hearing.

Holmes’ girlfriend Maria Fluker, a 30-year-old mother of two from Stonington, testified that she drove Holmes, Long and others to the scene of the fatal shooting and then drove Holmes to New York City a day later. Fluker, charged with hindering prosecution, is cooperating with the state and was called to the witness stand this morning by prosecutor Stephen M. Carney.

Fluker said she was driving her father’s Lexus when she picked up Holmes, Long and two others from a Franklin Street, Norwich, home across the street from Chaser’s bar. She said Holmes and his brother, Ronald Holmes, got into a fight in front of the bar and that people began throwing bricks at her car.

Fluke said she drove the Holmes brothers, Long and a woman, Roberta Karr, to a house on East Main Street, where Long got out and apparently retrieved a gun before returning to the back seat of her car. She said she looked through the rear view mirror and saw Long hand the gun to Daquan Holmes.

She then drove to the area of Oak and Franklin streets, where she said two “kids” were walking down the street from Boswell Avenue. She said Holmes and Long jumped out of the car and one of the “kids” said, “If you know what’s best for you, get back in your car.” She turned her head to speak to Karr, and heard what sounded like fireworks.

“I turned my head to the left and saw Daquan holding the gun,” she said. “I looked in front of me and I saw a kid falling to the ground.”

Amy, who was breathing but unconscious when emergency officials arrived at the scene, died later at The William W. Backus Hospital of a gunshot wound to the head.

Fluker said she drove from the scene to the Days Inn in Mystic, where she rented a room. At Holmes’ request, she said, she took the shirt he had been wearing and threw it into the woods at the nearby Deer Ridge housing complex. She and Holmes eventually returned to her father’s home in Stonington, she said, leaving Long and the others at the Days Inn. The next day she said Holmes forced her to drive him to Queens.

In a lengthy cross-examination, Long’s attorney, Peter E. Scillieri, hammered Fluker with questions about her arrest record, which includes drunken-driving and drug charges, and asked her why she went along with the alleged crimes. Under further questioning, Fluker admitted Daquan Holmes, her boyfriend, was a drug dealer, and that she lied when police initially approached her about the case.

Karr, the other eyewitness, was testifying when the hearing concluded for the day. She will resume the witness stand when the hearing continues at noon Friday.