LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 30-year-old Lawrence man charged with first-degree murder rejected a plea deal and will go on trial next month.

Dustin Walker is accused of shooting 39-year-old Patrick Roberts to death on March 8 at Roberts’ apartment. Walker rejected a plea deal on Thursday and chose to face a jury trial starting Feb. 9.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports Walker was acquitted in 2011 of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting during a party in Lawrence. Prosecutors said witnesses would not cooperate in the case.

And In 2008, prosecutors dismissed charges against Walker in another shooting and robbery at a Lawrence apartment after the victim and a witness said they couldn’t remember the shooting.

Walker remains in jail on a $1 million bond.