Trial date set for suspect accused in fatal Ypsilanti shooting
Kenneth Rooks
A Sept. 24 trial date was set for Kenneth Rooks, 25, in the Washtenaw County Trial Court Monday.
The Oak Park man is accused of murder in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Jonathon Claude Rollins at an Ypsilanti apartment last December.
Rooks faces an open murder charge, possessing a firearm while being a felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony for the incident, which reportedly occurred inside a South Prospect Street apartment after an argument.
Rollins was shot at least twice in the upper body with a handgun.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
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