A January trial has been set for a 19-year-old charged in the Christmas Eve shooting death of a Salvation Army major in North Little Rock.
Judge Barry Sims set a Jan. 24 trial for Laquan Fitzpatrick, who's charged with capital murder. Sims also set a May 3 trial for Fitzpatrick on an unrelated aggravated robbery charge.
Fitzpatrick, dressed in navy jail garb and handcuffed at the waist, did not speak during the brief hearing Tuesday. He has been held without bail since he was arrested on March 16.
A preliminary plea of not guilty was entered for Fitzpatrick during a video arraignment in March in North Little Rock District Court.
Forty-year-old Salvation Army Maj. Philip Wise was shot to death in front of his three children on Dec. 24 after dropping off two bell ringers on the last day of the organization's fundraising campaign. Wise was originally from Weirton, W.Va.
