LAS VEGAS (AP) _ A teenager accused of shooting and killing a Missouri State
University football player during a fight involving the player’s sister in Las
Vegas is due to face a judge on an adult murder charge.
Authorities said Thursday the 17-year-old being held in the killing 18-year-old
Richard J. Nelson is due in court Friday for a hearing at which he’s expected to
face an open murder charge.
The Associated Press isn’t naming him, pending the judge’s decision whether
he’ll be charged as an adult.
The teen’s mother is accused of harboring a fugitive after police alleged she
hid her son following the Saturday evening shooting.
Nelson was a redshirt freshman last season at Missouri State. Witnesses tell
police that he tried to pull someone away from his sister before the shooting.
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