Thirty-one-year-old James Cialella will be sentenced in March after admitting Tuesday that he shot Woffard Lomax Jr. in the arm during a showing of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" at a South Philadelphia movie theater.
Lomax had testified during a preliminary hearing that he was scuffling with another man over the noise complaint when Cialella threw popcorn at him before he pulled a gun and fired. Cialella's attorney disputed that claim, saying his client believed he was firing in self-defense after going to break up the fight.
Defense attorney Gregory Pagano says Cialella's handgun was properly registered in North Carolina, where he had been stationed in the Army.
