Hoover murder suspects' hearing continued to April 7
JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL (WBRC) - A preliminary hearing for 16-year-old Charleston Wells and 17-year-old Ahmad Johnson has been rescheduled to April 7.
The teens, already indicted on murder and vehicle break-in charges in Hoover for the Jan. 5 fatal shooting of Iraq War veteran Mike Gilotti, were scheduled to appear in court Thursday on attempted murder charges stemming from a pre-dawn Jan. 4 shooting in Fultondale.
Police said a man leaving a house in Fultondale's Chapel Hills subdivision encountered two males in the driveway who fired several shots. The man was not injured.
Prosecutors and investigators quickly linked the incident with the Gilotti's fatal shooting nearly 24 hours later in Hoover.
Wells' attorney, Charles Salvagio, said he hoped to see evidence in the Fultondale case.
"I have to see the evidence. We're not guilty," Salvagio said. "It depends on what the evidence is in this [Fultondale] case and if it relates to a pattern with the other [Hoover] case. We'll just have to see."
Salvagio has requested Judge Sheldon Watkins consider a reduction in Wells $100,000 bond in the Fultondale case.
"We haven't shot anybody. We haven't pointed a gun at anybody," Salvagio said, referring to his client.
Wells and Johnson remain in the Jefferson County Jail on multiple charges. In addition to the Hoover and Fultondale cases, they also face armed robbery charges for a New Year's Eve incident in Pelham.
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