By Associated Press - Wednesday, March 15, 2017

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) - A 30-year-old man is jailed on $500,000 bond after being accused in last week’s shooting death of a woman in east-central Kansas’ Emporia.

The Emporia Gazette (https://bit.ly/2mpqY3g ) reports that Lyon County prosecutors charged Sony Uk on Tuesday with first-degree murder.

During a brief court appearance Tuesday, a judge scheduled Uk to appear for a preliminary hearing April 12.



Authorities allege that Uk killed 38-year-old Mahogany Brooks last Thursday in an apartment building near Emporia State University.

A message left Tuesday with Uk’s attorney, Stephen Atherton, was not immediately returned.

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Information from: The Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, https://www.emporiagazette.com/

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