21-year-old man to be tried in drug-related Topeka killing

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A 21-year-old northeast Kansas man will stand trial in October in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man.

The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/1bWEhU3 ) reports that a Shawnee County judge determined Friday there was enough evidence for Kelsey Lee Fairchild, of Overbrook, to be tried for first-degree murder in the killing of Colton Chad Christenson. The judge also certified Fairchild to be tried on robbery, assault and marijuana possession counts.

Seventeen-year-old Anthony Bond Massengill testified there was a struggle when Fairchild tried to get out of Christenson’s car without paying $500 for marijuana. Massengill, who hasn’t been charged, said Fairchild shot Christenson with a revolver.

The car traveled about 15 feet before crashing into a home’s front porch. Christenson was pronounced dead at a hospital. No one inside the home was injured.

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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com