Drug store murder case sent to trial
Updated: Thursday, 10 Jan 2013, 7:35 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 09 Jan 2013, 7:39 PM EST
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - In court Wednesday, a Norfolk judge sent a Rite Aid murder case to trial.
Bernell Benn is charged in the August 2012 shooting death of Ramon Colorado inside of a Rite Aid drug store off Tidewater Drive. An argument between the two men ended in gunfire after a dispute over line-cutting.
During a preliminary hearing in General District Court Wednesday, a customer recalled hearing words between the two men, seeing Benn with a gun and hearing several shots. A store surveillance video of the encounter was played before a judge, who certified the second degree murder charge against Benn to a grand jury.
Benn, now free on bond, could face between five and 20 years in prison if convicted.
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