BEREA, Ky. (LEX 18) — A federal grand jury in Lexington has indicted 18-year-old Brailen Weaver in connection to the robbery of the U.S. Bank location in Berea that left two people dead.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky, the jury indicted Weaver on one count of attempted bank robbery and two counts of causing death with a firearm in the course of a crime of violence.
It also "returned special findings that can support the death penalty," the release said.
Crime
Timeline: Berea bank robbery leaves 2 people dead
Weaver allegedly entered the US Bank location just before 2 p.m. on April 30, shooting and killing 35-year-old Breanna Edwards and 42-year-old Brian Switzer. He then fled the scene and later led police on a multi-county chase that reached speeds of up to 130 miles an hour.
Weaver was later arrested in the early hours of May 1 in Fayette County.
