OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The opening statement has been halted at the trial of a white supremacist accused of killing three people at two Jewish sites so a judge could clarify what the man — who is representing himself — is allowed to say.

Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. is accused of capital murder in the April 2014 killings near Kansas City. He attempted Monday to lay out a defense contending that Jewish people are committing genocide against the white race. All three victims were Christian.

Assistant Johnson County prosecutor Chris McMullin objected before Miller could complete his first sentence, in which he started to say that he tried to make a plea deal before the trial. Jurors were removed from the courtroom for a time.

The 74-year-old Miller later completed his abbreviated opening statement.

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A trial is underway for a Missouri white supremacist accused of killing three people last year at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City.

Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. could face the death penalty if convicted in the April 2014 killings. The 74-year-old is representing himself after firing his attorneys in May, saying he wanted to speak on his own behalf.

Opening statements are set to begin Monday.

Prosecutors say Miller killed 69-year-old William Corporon and Corporon’s 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, outside a Jewish community center before shooting 53-year-old Terri LaManno outside a nearby Jewish retirement home in April 2014.

Miller has pleaded not guilty, though he’s publicly admitted killing the victims. The self-professed anti-Semite says he was morally obligated to kill Jews. All of the victims were Christian.