Trial set to begin for man charged in deadly Charlottesville white nationalist rally
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of an Ohio man accused of killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last year.
James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Fields is accused of driving his car into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalists. Heyer was killed and dozens of others were injured.
Fields' trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Charlottesville Circuit Court.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., who is accused of killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in 2017. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
The "Unite the Right" rally on Aug. 12, 2017, was organized in part to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The event drew hundreds of white nationalists to Charlottesville.
The 21-year-old Fields was described by a former teacher as an admirer of Adolf Hitler.