GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Antown Powell pleaded not guilty Friday to the Dec. 3 murder of David Shorter at a duplex on Bellevue St.
The trial on the three counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, is scheduled for Oct. 17.
If convicted of that charge, he faces a mandatory life prison term.
According to the criminal complaint, Powell had accused Shorter of breaking into his home and stealing money and marijuana earlier that day.
The two had argued back and forth on the phone throughout the day.
That night, Powell went to Shorter’s home on Bellevue Street and shot him when he went outside for a cigarette, the criminal complaint states.
