Daniel C. Miller , now 20, acknowledged that he had never met Robinson before the June 15, 2008, shooting and had no beef with him.

Daniel C. Miller , now 20, acknowledged that he had never met Robinson before the June 15, 2008, shooting and had no beef with him. However, his friend and driver that night, Austin Fry, had accused Robinson of stealing $500 from Fry.Tensions had been building after Robinson broke away from the Omaha Mafia Bloods, a group authorities have described as a gang or wannabe gang of Miller's friends and fellow Millard teenagers, and formed his own group.Miller also acknowledged that he understood that Robinson's group was “talking (expletive)” about the Bloods — “saying we were weak and that we wouldn't do anything.”Prosecutors say that a gang beef, not self defense, was the real reason Miller came with his .357 Magnum revolver, shot twice and asked questions later.Witnesses have testified that Robinson charged the car with at least two or three others behind him in single file, preparing for a fistfight. Those witnesses and authorities have said there were no signs that Robinson had anything other than a 12- to 18-inch novelty bat in his hands. No other weapons were recovered.Prosecutor John Alagaban, a deputy Douglas County attorney, picked at Miller's testimony, suggesting that he was minimizing his actions and vilifying Robinson. Alagaban said Miller wouldn't even admit he was a member of the Omaha Mafia Bloods, instead describing himself as “associated” with them.Alagaban noted that Miller lied to police about where he got the gun and where he stashed it after the shooting. Miller said he did so because he wanted to keep his friends out of trouble.“Although you're not in a gang,” Alagaban said sarcastically, “you were lying for these gang members' benefit?”“I was trying to keep them as much away from it as possible,” Miller said.Alagaban also pointed out that Miller hid the gun at a playground near 126th and L Streets. Instead of burying it or hiding it in the tall brush, Miller and another man wrapped it in a red bandana and placed it in a bush so fellow gang members could retrieve it later.Omaha police fetched it first.Alagaban also suggested that Miller had the gun loaded and ready when he pulled up to the apartment complex near 128th and Q Streets.With only two rounds in the revolver, Alagaban said, Miller had to rotate the gun's cylinder so a round was in firing position. He then had to pull the hammer back before firing each shot.Alagaban asked how Miller was able to line up the cylinder while Robinson charged.“It's not very hard to look down real quick and then look up,” Miller said.Alagaban: “But you had to rotate the cylinder to the firing position?”Miller: “He was coming at the car with a gun. What other choice did I have?”Prosecutors have suggested other options. Tell the driver to floor it and get out of there. Fire a warning shot into the air. Get out of the car and run.However, Miller said, he didn't have time.“I thought he was going to kill us,” Miller said.Miller's attorney, Greg Abboud, asked: “Did you think you had time to get out of there?”“No,” Miller said. “He was running at the car with a gun. He could have killed us.”