Teen gunman claims he feared for his life when he shot Brooklyn bus rider

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Kahton Anderson claims that rival gang members chased him onto the bus in in Bedford-Stuyvesant in March 2014, causing him to open fire in self-defense. One of the teen's shots hit innocent rider Angel Rojas in the head, killing the 39-year-old.

A teen gunman on trial for killing an innocent Brooklyn bus rider took the stand Tuesday and said he was scared for his life when he blasted the fatal bullet.

Kahton Anderson was 14 when he killed Angel Rojas, 39, last March on a crowded B-15 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The admitted gang member said a rival crew — some of whom had allegedly fired at him a couple of hours earlier — was boarding the bus.

“Being that I was just shot at, I thought maybe they will come and kill me,” he testified, invoking self-defense. “I put the gun out of my book bag and then I fired the shot.”

The teenager missed, hitting the hard-working father of two in the head.

The victim’s widow Maria Lopez left the courtroom wailing in tears at the start of his testimony.

The 15-year-old said he took a selfie with the .367 Magnum that would kill Rojas in an effort to impress a girl.

By taking the stand, Anderson, 15, who was smartly dressed in a gray suit and spoke in a deep voice, had to admit his association with street gang Stack Money Goons, and to social media chats about guns he had engaged in.

The jury saw a selfie he took, mugging with the .367 Magnum used in the homicide, which he said he sent to a girl.

“It was stupid. I just tried to kind of impress her,” he said in a packed room at Brooklyn Supreme Court.

But he attempted to disassociate himself from the pistol, saying it belonged to his brother and he only “toyed” with it inside a radiator where it was hidden.

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Maria Lopez (seen with children Saury Rojas and April Rojas) left the courtroom in tears as Anderson started his testimony.

After letting out a shot in the bus, a surveillance video showed him chasing after the group of boys, firing repeatedly.

He claimed that he was running away from enemies although the video didn’t appear to show anyone behind him.

Closing arguments are scheduled for Wednesday.