RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A man charged in a fatal shooting in Rapid City on Christmas Eve has pleaded not guilty to charges.
Twenty-one-year-old Elias Richard entered the plea Monday to second-degree murder in the death of Vernall Marshall.
Police say the 31-year-old Rapid City man was killed during a robbery.
Three others are charged with aiding and abetting first-degree robbery.
Pennington County Judge Todd Hyronimus set Richard’s bond at $250,000 cash.
If convicted, Richard faces a mandatory punishment of life in prison without the chance of parole, the Rapid City Journal reported.