ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis police officer accused of killing a female
colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette wants a new judge.
The attorney for Nathaniel Hendren filed a motion Monday. Defense attorney
Talmage Newton IV says in the filing that Circuit Judge David Roither’s comments
at a hearing last week suggested bias against his client. Among other things,
Roither said that as a hunter he knows you “don’t point a muzzle at anything you
don’t intend to shoot.”
A hearing on the request is Feb. 13th
Hendren is charged with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in
the Jan. 24 death of Officer Katyln Alix. Prosecutors say Hendren and Alix took
turns pointing a gun loaded with one bullet at each other and pulling the
trigger. Alix was shot in the chest.
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