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Bond Set For Century Homicide Suspect; Trial Continued
May 20, 2015
A Century man accused in a January 31 shooting death in Century was due to appear in court Tuesday, but his trial has now been continued and a bond amount has been set.
Jaran Britt Myles, 20, remains jailed on charges of negligent manslaughter and aggravated assault for the shooting death 20-year old Jonathan Wilson. Two counts of kidnapping originally filed against Myles have been dropped. His bond is now set at $260,000; he was previously being held without bond.
Myles is due to appear in court again in mid-July.
One witness told deputies that “Run Run”, later identified as Myles, pulled out a gun and asked him if he was scared of it before taking the magazine out of the weapon and pointing it him. Myles then pulled the trigger of the gun, without the magazine, but it “dry fired”, he said.
The witness said Myles then pointed the gun to Wilson’s head after loading the magazine back into the gun. Wilson then adjusted the height of the gun to his head, “correcting the placement of the gun pointed at him,” an arrest report states. The witness said when Wilson let go of the gun, Myles pulled the trigger and shot Wilson in the head.
Witness first told investigators that Myles then stuck the gun in a witness’ ribs then pointed it at a second witness, ordering the witness to drive him home. But that part of the witness’ story did not occur, Assistant State Attorney James Parker said, leading prosecutors to drop the kidnapping charges. The two witnesses did drive Myles away from the shooting scene to his nearby residence on Backwoods Road, but Myles never pointed a gun at them or forced them, Parker said.
The State Attorney’s Office reached its conclusion after further interviews with witnesses, Parker said. At this point, there are no plans to file any charges against the witnesses.
Myles has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
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