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Texas man appears before judge following fatal mall shooting
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February 13, 2013
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Texas_man_appears_before_judge_following_fatal_mall_shooting



Ricky Neal, Jr. appeared before a judge on Monday at 3:00pm CST
following his alleged role in the shooting death of 23 year-old Chris
Mass at a shopping mall in Tyler, Texas on Saturday.

Police say Neal killed the former high school basketball and football
star in the mall's parking lot, after arguing with him in a store
located inside the mall. The argument appeared to have centered around
some "Tweets" sent via the popular social networking site Twitter.

Reports also indicate Neal faces an assault charge after police say he
shot at Jonathan Dews of Tyler during the incident, but missed. Bail was
set at US$1.25 million for Neal. Early reports indicated Neal and the
victim had been involved in an additional altercation before Saturday.

During Neal's court appearance, the judge appointed local attorney O.M.
"Buddy" Lloyd to represent Neal as his public defender. Neal told the
judge he was unable to afford to pay an attorney. Neal was actually
employed at the Champ's sporting goods store inside the mall where the
argument began, but reportedly he was there as a customer at the time
the argument began.  

== Sources == 
* http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20130212/NEWS08/130219960/-1/news08
* http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20130211/NEWS08/130219973/-1/news08
* http://www.news-journal.com/news/local/suspect-in-tyler-mall-slaying-also-faces-assault-charge/article_6bcc63c6-7477-11e2-9824-001a4bcf887a.html
|pub=Longview News-Journal
|date=February 11, 2013
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