
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A plea hearing date has been changed for a woman accused of giving her former boyfriend guns that he used in a shooting at a Excel Industries in Hesston.
The Wichita Eagle reports that 28-year-old Sarah Jo Hopkins pleaded not guilty in March to one count of transferring weapons to a prohibited person. A notation in her case file indicates she plans to change her plea. She had been scheduled to do so Friday, but her hearing is now set for Sept. 8 in federal court in Wichita.
She is accused of giving Cedric Ford a semi-automatic rifle and a .40-caliber handgun that he used in the Feb. 25 attack in Hesston. Four people were killed, including Ford, and 14 others were injured.