A Kanawha County judge dimmed the lights in the courtroom Monday and looked up at a projection screen.
"Is that a picture of the defendant?" Circuit Judge Charles King asked a prosecutor. "Are those two firearms he's holding?"
It wasn't long after seeing that photo that King denied Deandre Davon Moore's motion to set bail.
Moore, 19, is charged with first-degree murder in the July shooting death of David Stewart, 23, of Garrison Avenue. Stewart was behind the wheel of his car when he was shot to death at Orchard Manor.
Kanawha Assistant Prosecutor Maryclaire Akers on Monday asked that Moore remain in jail without bail. She showed the judge a photo of Moore holding two guns and said that Stewart's shooting had been captured on surveillance cameras.
Before the shooting, Stewart and Moore had been arguing over a stolen gun, Akers said Monday. Moore believed Stewart had stolen the weapon, she added.
A woman in the car with Stewart when he was killed identified Moore as the shooter, Akers told the judge. Other witnesses at Orchard Manor have told police that Moore was the shooter, according to the prosecutor.
"This is not a defendant who should have home confinement. This is not a defendant who should have bond," Akers said.
After a warrant was issued for his arrest, Moore allegedly fled to Charlotte, North Carolina. Police there arrested him and he was extradited back to West Virginia.
Lawyer Matthew Victor, who was appointed to represent Moore, told the judge that his client wasn't fleeing from police, and went to North Carolina because that's where his mother lives.
Victor added that he wasn't sure why Akers had presented the judge with the photo of Moore holding two firearms.
"I'm not exactly sure what that proves," the defense lawyer said.
Almost immediately after Victor stopped speaking, King denied the motion to set bail.
King also on Monday quickly denied a request for bail made by Clarence Javonne Murray, who is charged with murder in another case.
Murray, 39, of Charleston is accused in last month's shooting death of 19-year-old Sheena Graves, of South Charleston.
Graves was killed in crossfire sometime between 9:30 and 10 p.m. outside of 108 McVey Way, at Littlepage Terrace.
Murray was charged with murder in Graves' death. He also faces a charge of malicious wounding in the shooting of Danny Fortune, 36, of Beckley.
Police say Murray and Fortune were shooting at each other when Graves was killed. Murray and Fortune also were shot.
According to a criminal complaint filed in magistrate court against Murray, two people told police they saw Murray fire shots.
A witness told police that an intoxicated Murray was hanging around the apartments at Littlepage the night of the shooting, showing off a firearm and "making statements that he would like to use the firearm," the complaint states.
Murray and Fortune got into an altercation and Murray began firing shots toward Fortune, the complaint states. Eventually, Murray shot both Fortune and Graves, the witness allegedly told police, according to the complaint.
Victor, who also has been appointed to represent Murray, asked the judge to set bail Monday.
King denied the request, agreeing with Akers, who opposed the motion.
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