Second-degree murder trial rescheduled for August

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A second-degree murder trial has been rescheduled after it was delayed earlier this week.

The trial date for Michael Stapleton has been set for August 23.

Stapelton is charged with second-degree murder and other charges in the 2019 death of Myron Woods.

Stapleton was in the car with the two victims using PCP, court documents said. One of the victims said Stapleton pulled out a gun and shot the other victim in the head. The victim then got out of the car and struggled with Stapleton for the gun before the victim was shot in the leg, according to the probable cause statement. Stapleton then fled the scene.

Stapleton was later found at a gas station in east Columbia with the gun. He told store clerks someone was trying to kill him and asked the clerks to call his mom, according to court documents.

According to the statement, Stapleton admitted to being in the car, using the drugs, carrying the firearm and shooting it in the car.