A Louisville man is charged with complicity to murder after a 17-year-old boy was shot in Valley Station last week.
Jamal Sheikh, 18, was arrested hours after the May 6 shooting in the 13000 block of Bold Forbes Boulevard. Officers responded to a shooting report at the Woods of Glen Hill Manor by Pond Creek, which is near Interstate 265. Officers found the victim, now identified as 17 year-old Laith Rajha, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Rajha was taken to UofL Hospital in downtown Louisville in critical condition but later died. Sheikh was originally charged with complicity to assault, but that charge is being dropped and he is now charged with complicity to murder.
Police said Sheikh told investigators he was driving three people to the apartment complex to meet the victim for a gun transaction before Rajha was shot.
In addition to the complicity to murder charge, Sheikh is also charged with tampering with physical evidence, unlawful transaction with a minor and possession of marijuana.
The judge entered pleas of not guilty to all of the charges, and kept his bond at $100,000 full cash, despite a request from his attorney that he be released on home incarceration.
Sheikh is due back in court May 16.
Source: WDRB
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