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Kansas judge orders man to stand trial in student’s death

Bridges-photo Pittsburg Police
Bridges-photo Pittsburg Police

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A man has been ordered to stand trial in the 2014 shooting death of a Pittsburg State University student.

The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports (https://j.mp/2aAWsCZ ) that Bryan Bridges was ordered Thursday to stand trial for the murder of Taylor Thomas, a 20-year-old junior when he was killed in October 2014. Authorities say he was killed during a robbery.

District Court Judge Kurtis I. Loy bound Bridges over for trial on several charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. The trial has been scheduled to begin Nov. 28.

Three other men have entered pleas in the case.

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