Attorney Lee Davis and Jacob Allison
One of those charged in a triple murder in Lookout Valley is currently free on bond.
Jacob Allison, 16, made his first appearance in court on Monday with attorney Lee Davis.
District Attorney Neal Pinkston said the issue of bond will be taken up later.
In ruling that he should be tried as an adult, Juvenile Court Judge Rob Philyaw set the bond for Allison at $150,000 on each of three counts of first-degree murder and $75,000 on a charge of attempted first-degree murder.
DA Pinkston said there had been an issue about contact between Allison and potential witnesses in the case. Allison was instructed by Judge Barry Steelman to have no contact with any witnesses.
Allison is due back in court on Oct. 10.
Attorney Davis said he has been suspended from Lookout Valley High School.
Hank Hill is no longer representing Derek Morse, who is also charged, it was stated.
There is also a question about who will represent the third defendant, Skylar Allen.
Authorities said Allison was with the 19-year-old Morse and the 22-year-old Allen on April 9 when three victims were each shot multiple times by two gunmen.
The lone 16-year-old survivor, Matthew Callam, said he heard one of the shooters say to the other, "Make sure they are all dead."
The victims were John F. Lang, 53; Caleb N. Boozer, 29, and Jon E. Morris, 24.
One victim was found sitting in a chair and another appeared to be trying to crawl under the rear of a motor home. The third dead man was in nearby woods. One of the shots to the man in the chair was to the left side of the head.
The 16-year-old said he was hit by one shot and he fled to his nearby home. Officers found him lying at his doorstep. He later was able to pick Morse out of a lineup as one of the shooters.
It was testified earlier that Morse had a grudge to settle against some of those at a group of campers on Kellys Ferry Road.