Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a teen accused of gunning down a Lexington gas station clerk.
Travis Bredhold,18, is charged with murder in last December’s shooting death of Mike Patel at the Marathon on Alexandria Drive.
During a hearing in court Friday morning, a judge said they are waiting to set a trial date until evidence testing is completed. That’s expected in December.
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“They collected clothing. They collected lots of other items, of physical evidence that they need to test,” said Joanne Lynch, Bredhold’s attorney. “And, obviously, we want to see what those test results are and evaluate them ourselves.”
Lynch says the earliest they would be prepared to go to trial would be Sept. 2015.
Bredhold is being held without bond. He was arrested the day after the shooting at Fayette Mall armed with a loaded handgun, marijuana and more than $500 in cash. According to court documents, surveillance video shows Bredhold inside the Marathon station on Alexandria Drive early that Tuesday morning demanding cash and then shooting Patel.
