The man charged in the fatal shooting of two people at a Berea bank will not stand trial next month.
A judge has delayed 19-year-old Brailen Weaver’s murder trial indefinitely, according to a court order filed last week in Lexington.
U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom had tentatively scheduled Weaver’s trial to begin July 28. However, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is seeking the death penalty in the case.
Boom granted a motion from the defense and prosecution to delay the trial to give attorneys more time to gather evidence. She also scheduled a status hearing for July 22.
Weaver is charged in the April 30 murders of two employees of the U.S. Bank branch in Berea. He’s also charged with an attempted robbery of the bank.
Weaver is being held at the Woodford County Detention Center.
A federal grand jury indicted Weaver last month in the killing of Breanna Edwards, 35, of Madison County, and Brian Switzer, 42, of Jessamine County. Weaver pleaded not guilty last month in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
Kentucky has 23 men and one woman on death row. The last execution took place in Kentucky in 2008.
