ST. PAUL — A Minnesota man charged with killing a neighbor in a long-running feud testified Monday that he believed the man was threatening his wife, even though he couldn’t hear what his neighbor was telling her.

Neal Zumberge, 58, of New Brighton, is on trial in Ramsey County District Court on charges including first-degree premeditated murder for the May 5, 2014, shooting death of Todd Stevens, who was arguing with Zumberge’s wife, Paula.

Testifying in his own defense, Neal Zumberge said he could hear Stevens and Paula Zumberge arguing across the street from him, but did not hear their exact words. However, he said, using lip-reading and other skills he learned from growing up with a deaf brother, he could tell Stevens threatened to kill her. Neal Zumberge said he also thought he saw Stevens reach for his belt to grab something, which he said he thought was a gun.