Ruling on Dismissal Against 1 in Cookout Slaying Expected

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A judge is scheduled to rule today on a motion to dismiss charges against one of two men accused of killing five people and an unborn baby at a suburban Pittsburgh cookout almost four years ago. Thirty-three-year-old Cheron Shelton and 31-year-old Robert Thomas are charged in the March 2016 killings in Pittsburgh’s Wilkinsburg suburb. The attorney for Thomas has sought dismissal of the charges against his client after prosecutors decided against putting a key witness on the stand. Prosecutors have said they plan to seek capital punishment if the defendants are convicted of first-degree murder.


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