Prosecutors dismissed charges against Delrico Peoples after the lead detective found the alleged murder weapon already in evidence.
Highlights
- Murder case dismissed after Cincinnati police detective finds gun during jury selection.
- Prosecutors dismissed charges against Delrico Peoples after the lead detective found the alleged murder weapon.
- Brandon Phoenix, 18, was struck by a stray bullet as he waited for his bus at a Mount Airy bus stop in 2019.
- Prosecutors say a preliminary analysis shows the gun may be the same one that killed Phoenix.
- Heile asked Common Pleas Judge Melba Marsh to delay the trial for four to six weeks, but that wasn’t fair to Peoples, 24, who is presumed innocent and had been waiting more than 2½ years for his trial for two years.
- The judge dismissed murder and felonious assault charges against Peoples without prejudice.