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Hearings set for men charged in death of Kan. man found in car crash

Laeli- photo Shawnee County
Laeli- photo Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hearings have been scheduled to determine whether there’s sufficient evidence for three men to stand trial in a Topeka shooting death.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the preliminary hearing for 24-year-old Shane Edward Sibert, of Topeka, is scheduled for Sept. 1. The preliminary hearing for 35-year-old Use David Laeli Jr., of Topeka, and 20-year-old Joseph G. Cooney, of Rock Port, Texas, will be on Dec. 5.

The three men are jailed in Shawnee County and charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Xavier Patrick McCollough, of Topeka. He was fatally wounded when he was found last month inside a car that had crashed into a Topeka apartment building.

Cooney-photo Topeka police
Cooney-photo Topeka police

Topeka police said McCollough and Sibert knew each other and had a dispute before the shooting.

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