OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has found sufficient evidence for a man to stand trial in a 2013 shooting death in Omaha.
Bernard “B.J.” Turner Jr. was bound over for trial Monday on a charge of first-degree murder charge in the October 2013 death of 19-year-old Julius Vaughn, a fellow gang member.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the case stalled until a witness came forward last year and told police that he had driven Turner from the shooting scene.
The witness said Turner ditched the gun in a storm sewer. When detectives opened a manhole in that spot, 6½ years after the killing, they found a rusty handgun that is consistent with the type of firearm that was used to kill Vaughn.
