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Two Cape men jailed after a shooting near Neely’s Landing go to trial this summer

Jun 18, 2012 -- 2:20pm

 

Two Cape men facing charges after a shooting go to trial this summer.  29-year-old Jimmy Bell and 32-year-old Seth Summers face 1st-degree assault and armed criminal action charges.  23-year-old Joshua Abernathie was shot in the left side of the head on County Road 5-35 near Neely's Landing August 28th, 2011.  Abernathie told police all three drove out there together, parked on a county road and were drinking alcohol when Bell displayed a handgun.  He allegedly shot Abernathie, who then stumbled to a neighbor's house for help.  Bell and Summers were arrested after leaving the scene.  Both pled not guilty.  Bell will go to trial Wednesday before Judge William Syler in Jackson.  Summers has a trial date for August 1st 


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