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Suspect in deadly Berea bank shooting indicted in Madison County for murder, fleeing and evading

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MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — 19-year-old Brailen Weaver has been indicted by a Madison County Grand Jury on multiple charges in connection to a fatal shooting at a Berea bank, Attorney General Russell Coleman said in release Wednesday.

According to the release, Weaver was indicted on two counts of murder (capital offense) and one count of fleeing and evading.

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The indictment in Madison County are separate from the ongoing federal case against Weaver, which includes charges of attempted bank robbery and two counts of causing death with a firearm in the course of a crime of violence. He was indicted for those charges on May 27.