JUST IN | Phillip Lee, the man who officials say shot Richmond K-9 Police Officer Seara Burton in the line of duty on Aug. 10, has been formally charged with murder. It comes more than a month after Burton's death.
As of Tuesday, a jury trial for Phillip Lee originally scheduled for next month no longer appears in online court records.
RELATED | Man accused of shooting Richmond Officer Seara Burton also fired at 2 other cops, court docs allege Lee was initially supposed to be tried Dec. 27 on several counts of attempted murder, among other charges. Those charges were filed prior to the death of Burton, who succumbed to her injuries on Sept. 18, five weeks after she was shot in the line of duty.
Prosecutors allege that Lee killed Burton and nearly wounded two of her fellow officers when he opened fire on them Aug. 10 as they were conducting a traffic stop on Lee. Police have said Lee is a known drug offender and that officers believed they had just seen him complete a narcotics transaction. Burton was placed on life support after the shooting. She was removed on Sept. 1 and then moved to a hospice facility, where she died, according to Richmond Police.Last month, Lee's trial date was pushed back after his attorneys requested a continuance, to which prosecutors did not object.
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