Defendants in 2014 homicide case reject plea offer

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Defendants in the 2014 homicide case of 38-year-old Willard Carlos Shelton rejected a plea deal today presented by the government approximately a week ago.

Tyrone Height and James Young, who have been charged with five counts of first-degree murder while armed and three counts of felony murder while armed, will return to court on Feb. 14 for a motions hearing.

Shelton was shot and killed on the 2500 block of Pomeroy Road, SE. Young, 24, and Height, 25, were both apprehended on Sept. 3, 2014.

A trial is set for March 13.