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‘It was him or me,’ Utah man told police after fatally shooting his friend, according to court testimony

Layton • In the hours leading up to a fatal shooting, a group of friends had been playing cards and drinking games in a basement apartment. But a fight broke out that ended in a man shooting his friend, believing his, his girlfriend and his baby’s lives were threatened.

Robin William Lundin, 29, is accused of shooting 30-year-old Colby Scott Barney in the chest after Lundin’s face was cut with a razor blade during the fight in the early hours of Nov. 5.

At a preliminary hearing Friday morning, 2nd District Court Judge David Hamilton heard evidence and ordered Lundin to stand trial on a charge of first-degree felony murder in .