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Two More Charged in Fatal Shooting

By MSC News

06/06/2016

(MSC News)--Two additional individuals have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a St. Joseph teenager last month in what authorities are now calling a drug deal gone bad.

The St. Joseph News Press reports Buchanan County Attorney Dwight Scroggins Monday charged 20-year-old Justin Smith, of Agency, and 19-year-old St. Joseph resident Dayne Matthews in connection with the death of 18-year-old Skylar Powell.

Smith was charged with voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. Matthews was charged with possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence.

The two men appeared in a Buchanan County courtroom Monday morning on the felony charges. Bond for Smith was set at $50,000 and at $25,000 for Matthew’s.

A preliminary hearing for each was set for June 27th.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder last week in the case, and is to make his next appearance in juvenile court June 22nd.

Powell was found dead in a parking lot in the 22-hundred block of Frederick Avenue the morning of May 18th.

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