A teenage boy shot dead during a violent home invasion pleaded, "Stop shooting me", before he was murdered, a Sydney court has heard.
Devril Leuthwaite, 17, was shot dead on the veranda of his western Sydney home in August 2010, while his older brother, Robert Leuthwaite, 25, was shot in the chest but survived.
Guy Michael Carroll, 23, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Devril Leuthwaite, shooting Robert Leuthwaite and assaulting their father, Robert Leuthwaite Senior.
The Crown alleges Carroll went to the Leuthwaite's home with two other men, Gavin Bell and Gary Markham, to rob money and drugs.
Carroll, 23, was allegedly armed with a pistol and Bell with a sawn off rifle when they burst through the front door wearing balaclavas, while Markham waited outside.
A neighbour, Graham Thomas, told the Supreme Court trial on Tuesday he heard a number of bangs that night before he went outside to investigate.
"I could see one man with a gun in his hand pointing it at (Devril) and sparks coming out of the front of the gun," Mr Thomas told the court.
Devril Leuthwaite was saying, "Stop shooting me", Mr Thomas said.
Mr Thomas said he ran across the road and picked the teenager up in his arms, before Robert Leuthwaite appeared clutching his chest.
Earlier, Robert Leuthwaite's girlfriend, Amy O'Neill, described how she and her boyfriend were watching TV in their bedroom when two men wearing ski masks burst through the door.
"Robert managed to close the door to protect his family," Ms O'Neill said.
"He just told me to hide."
Ms O'Neill's recorded triple zero phone call was played in court, during which wailing could be heard in the background.
"My boyfriend and his brother are hurt," Ms O'Neill could be heard saying.
Family members of Devril Leuthwaite sobbed in court as the call was played.
The trial continues before Justice Peter Hall.
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