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LISBON -- A status hearing for Christopher Mills, the Washingtonville man charged with complicity to aggravated murder and murder in the shooting death of Rusty Steele, has been reset for 9:30 a.m. Dec. 19.
Mills, 43, Washington Street, was scheduled for an interim status hearing Thursday, but the court proceeding was canceled and rescheduled.
Another status hearing remains set for 10:30 a.m. Feb. 1, with a jury trial set for 8:30 a.m. Feb. 12 before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam.
Mills had already been indicted in April for a third-degree felony of obstruction of justice for allegedly being the driver in the March 3 fatal shooting in Lisbon, giving Michael Blower a ride to and from the murder scene and not reporting the incident to police.
The case against Blower, 32, Newgarden Avenue, Salem, remains pending before Judge Megan Bickerton for aggravated murder and murder, both with firearms specifications, for allegedly causing Steele's death by means of a gun.
The indictment against Mills alleges that he aided and abetted Blower in the murder.
Police alleged that the victim was lured out of his girlfriend's house on West Spruce Street by a stranger who claimed to be having car trouble and needed help. Steele was shot when he went outside to start his vehicle for a jump.
Mills remains in custody under a $1 million cash or surety bond.