Las Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slaying
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LAS VEGAS (AP) A 17-year-old suspected of shooting and killing a Missouri State University football player during a fight involving their sisters in Las Vegas has been charged as an adult with murder.
Richard Allan Newsome Jr. stood in shackles and wasn't asked during a brief court hearing Friday to enter a plea in the killing last weekend of 18-year-old Richard J. Nelson.
A judge scheduled a Feb. 6 preliminary hearing of evidence in the case.
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Meanwhile, Newsome remains jailed without bail.
Defense attorney John Momot said outside court that Newsome plans to plead not guilty.
Newsome family members who attended the hearing declined to comment.
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Nelson was a redshirt freshman last season at Missouri State University.
Witnesses told police Nelson tried to pull people away from his sister before he was shot.