Former Austin police officer Julie Schroeder defended herself on the witness stand Friday at the hearing to win her job back.

Assistant city attorney Michael Cronig pointed out the mistakes Schroeder made on the night she fatally shot 18-year-old Daniel Rocha in June 2005.

Cronig criticized everything from the positioning of Schroeder's police car to where she carried her Taser, in her vest instead of a holster.

Schroeder defended shooting Rocha. She said she panicked because she believed he had her Taser. Schroeder pulled over a vehicle Rocha was riding in before Sgt. Don Doyle arrived on the scene.

"What proof do you have to show me that you knew it was Daniel Rocha's intent to take Don Doyle's gun and kill him?" Cronig said.

"It was my belief that he had my Tazer he was going to Tase Don, take his gun and that's why I shot him. That is, that's what my belief was," Schroeder said.

"There has not been one witness during this entire hearing that agrees that your belief was reasonable," Cronig said.

Police Chief Stan Knee testified Thursday, defending his firing of Schroeder for the killing of Rocha.

The hearing is expected to wrap up Tuesday after closing arguments. The hearing examiner will then have 60 days to either uphold Schroeder's firing or put her back on the force.