INDIANAPOLIS — It will be at least late next month before a decision is made on whether to charge a 14-year-old as an adult in the December murder of a man outside a Dollar General store.
The teenager appeared alongside his attorney and parents at a Tuesday hearing in Marion County Juvenile Court.
Attorneys said more time was needed to complete a competency evaluation of the suspect — a process that includes examinations by two court-appointed doctors.
The teen's lawyer also told the court he needs time to read over more than 400 pages of case-related documents.
Another hearing was set for Feb. 26.
Gregory Raley, 37, was shot to death in the parking lot of the Dollar General store in Cumberland where he had been shopping.
Steven Sheppard, 18, faces murder charges in Raley's death, but investigators believe it was the 14-year-old who did the shooting.
Both suspects were involved in a robbery of the store, according to police.
Raley's family met with a victim's assistance advocate and the deputy prosecutor assigned to the case following Tuesday's hearing.
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