DOVER, Del.
A defense effort to reduce bail for the suspect in a fatal shooting on the Delaware State University campus was rejected Thursday.
Loyer D. Braden, 18, is being held in lieu of $192,000 cash bail. A judge agreed last month to boost the amount by $100,000 following the death of shooting victim Shalita Middleton, 17.
Gary Morris, an attorney representing Braden, argued that prosecutors failed to present Braden’s case to a grand jury in October, and again this month. Morris said Braden could likely make bail if the amount was reduced and changed from cash to a secured bail.
“The state has had two opportunities to indict him, and they have failed to do so,” Morris told Superior Court Commissioner Andrea Freud.
Morris also said Braden has cooperated with authorities investigating the Sept. 21 shooting.
“He has no prior record. He has a very good family support system in place,” Morris added.
