Trial dates set for 2 charged in Butler County homicide

Trial dates have been set for two Cincinnati men charged with murder for the April fatal shooting in St. Clair Twp.

William D. Harris, 26, who was arrested two days after the April 8 murder of Trey Shepard as he stepped off a bus in Los Angeles, is scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 18 in Butler County C0mmon Pleas Court. In addition to murder, he is charged with aggravated robbery, felonious assault and having weapons under disability.

Judge Keith Spaeth set William Harris’ bond at $1.5 million.

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A second man and his girlfriend are facing the same charge the same charges.

The trial for Keith D. Harris, 27, of Cincinnati, has been set for Aug. 28. He is being held on $1.25 million bond.

Diamond Reid, 18, also of Cincinnati, is scheduled to be back in court on June 16 when a trial date will likely be set. Her bond is $500,000.

William and Keith Harris are not related, according to police.

The incident happened when an intruder entered an upper floor apartment of the Nelson Street residence and shot Shepard during a reported exchange of gunfire.

In a 911 call, a woman who lives in the apartment downstairs said people had been banging on their doors and broke out the sliding glass doors.

“Someone is breaking into the house upstairs from me,” the woman told dispatchers. “I hear banging. She (the woman in the upstairs apartment) is crying. She is asking for help.”

The woman said her neighbor cried out that someone had been shot.

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