BANGOR, Maine (AP) Prosecutors say a man who’s the first person to go on trial for murder in Maine since the start of the pandemic fatally shot the victim because she’d insulted the mother of his children.

The prosecutor told jurors Thursday that Carine Reeves eventually stopped the car, pulled the victim out and shot her along the road. Reeves is charged in the 2017 killing of Sally Shaw, in Cherryfield, in eastern Maine.

Before the trial, Reeves told a judge that wearing a mask during the trial could be prejudicial. The judge denied his request to skip the wearing of a mask, saying all in the courtroom are required to wear them.