MADISON, Wis. — A man charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a Madison gas station last year will now stand trial in May of 2023, court records show.
Christopher Somersett Jr., 27, faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide tied to a July 5, 2021 shooting at a gas station in the 4500 block of Verona Road that killed 22-year-old Keshaun Q. Davis-Williams.
Somersett’s trial is set to run from May 15-19, 2023, records show.
His co-defendant Avieon Little pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime earlier this month. Somersett’s and Little’s trials had initially been scheduled for mid-December 2022 but were ultimately delayed.
A criminal complaint alleges Little and Somersett showed up at the gas station roughly half an hour before the shooting. Davis-Williams and two other men arrived just before 12:40 a.m. After the two men inside the car with Davis-Williams went into the store, Little and Somersett began firing at the vehicle Davis-Williams was in. Davis-Williams was shot seven times and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Somersett’s next court appearance is a jury status hearing scheduled for April 24, 2023.
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