Christopher Lindsay, of Kenai, is charged with one count of criminally negligent murder in the demise of Michael Trux, 17. Popular defender Shana Theiler said Wednesday, uncertain obtaining of a au courant medical examiner's report, the circumstances should be ready to push to trial.

The homeland coroner who conducted the Trux autopsy, Franc Fallico, has owing to died of cancer. Superior Court Court Anna Moran scheduled evaluation ring for Feb. 25, with the research to bring about the closest Monday. Statements fictional during a bail analysis hearing at the end Pace indicated Lindsay gunfire Trux in the neck with one round from a. 40-caliber handgun, thinking it was a toy airsoft pistol that shoots foam pellets.

Trux died from the wound. Kenai police responded to a 911 telephone from a woman at the habitat in the 3W subdivision in Kenai off Ross Road. The woman said there was a gunshot chump in the bullpen who needed prompt medical assistance. Police begin Trux, who was taken to Central Peninsula Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police very contacted the suspected shooter at the home.

No charges were instantly filed. During the bail hearing behind spring, assistant resident attorney Scot Leaders told the court the shooting was not intentional. He said a digit of toy airsoft handguns were on a table in the garage as the family was preparing to sell them and other items in a garage sale.

Airsoft toy pistols are designed to inspect cherish existing guns though customarily they enjoy conspicuous orange-colored barrel tips. Someone besides brought in the absolute gun, which was loaded, though without a round in the chamber. Lindsay proverb Trux leaving the garage and picked up what he belief was a toy gun, shot once and hit the teen in the neck. Criminally negligent homicide, under Alaska law, is a collection B felony offense.

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