‘Isn’t it true you’re a liar?’

A man on trial for the murder of a 17-year-old Warrenville girl continued to present his defense Wednesday, a day after telling the judge he was done acting as his own attorney.

Joshua Matthews, 25, said he wanted to proceed when DuPage County Judge Robert Kleeman asked him outside the presence of the jury if he intended to call witnesses. Moments later, Matthews told the judge he no longer wanted to continue, then changed his mind again.

From there, Matthews went on to call four police officers and a parole supervisor to testify about events surrounding his October 2004 arrest in the fatal shooting of Sade Glover in Warrenville. Matthews tried to establish he was coerced into confessing during a lengthy interrogation. But many of his questions were met with denials or rejected as irrelevant and based on inadmissible hearsay.

“Isn’t it true that you’re a liar?” he asked one officer, who denied pressuring Matthews into giving a statement.

Matthews, of Maywood, has argued he was not in Warrenville on Oct. 9, 2004, when Glover was shot five times as she exited a car in an alley behind her mother’s home on Winchester Circle. The killing happened within months of Glover, who was once friends with Matthews, pressing battery charges against him for striking her in the face, prosecutors said.

Matthews later told police in a videotaped statement he shot Glover until he ran out of bullets. He said the shooting was a blur, and he regretted killing a close friend.

Among the officers to take the stand Wednesday was former Maywood Sgt. Dwayne Wheeler, who testified that Matthews “shook my hand and gave me a hug” after confessing. Wheeler also said Matthews initiated the discussion that led to his videotaped statement, despite having previously asked for an attorney and refusing to sign a waiver of his rights.

Testimony from defense witnesses is scheduled to continue today. It’s unclear if Matthews will take the stand.