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Speaking from the witness stand on Tuesday, Mustafa Ameer recalled seeing a man with dark hair turn around and extend his arm toward Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

Mustafa, who was 15 at the time, said he heard a loud bang."

Yosif was shot on Dec. 2, 2017, near Main Street East and Sanford Avenue South. The 19-year-old later died of his injuries.

Former Hamilton paramedics Christopher Marchant and Steve Snively are charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of the gunshot victim.

What did Yosif do?" asked assistant Crown attorney Scott Patterson.

He kind of looked like he was going to fall down, so I helped him to the ground, to the sidewalk, and he just lay there," said Mustafa, now 18 and in university.

The two men kept running north on Sanford Avenue South, he testified.

Did Yosif say anything to you at that point?" Patterson asked.

He said something like, Is this how I'm going to die?'" Mustafa replied. He said he saw a small circle of blood" on Yosif's stomach.

Earlier in the evening, Mustafa and his twin brother, Haider, exited the 545 Main St. E. mosque with Yosif and his younger brother, Ahmed.

There was a confrontation between the youth and two men who were allegedly harassing another man passing by on the street. It escalated, resulting in Yosif being shot while pursuing the two men.

The courtroom watched the scene play out on screens. Police arrived first, then three paramedics - a woman, an old man" and a guy in his early to mid-20s, Mustafa testified.

Do you recall having a conversation with one of the paramedics?" Patterson asked.

He asked me if Yosif takes any drugs, if he was under the influence, if he smoked," Mustafa said, indicating it was the older of the medics he spoke with. And I told him no."

Mustafa said bystanders speculated that the sound came from a BB gun or a firecracker, and told this to police.

I believe the police told the paramedics that it was a BB gun or a firecracker, and the paramedics believed the police," he said.

Mustafa said he didn't remember seeing paramedics taking out equipment, examining Yosif or taking his pulse.

I think they just didn't take him seriously, generally," he said. They overall weren't taking anything seriously."

Kate McCullough is a Hamilton-based reporter at The Spectator. Reach her via email: kmccullough@thespec.com