A preliminary hearing date was scheduled Tuesday for two Long Beach teens accused of gunning down a Wilson High School honor student following her high school homecoming game.
Tom Love Vinson and Daivion Davis, both 16, will return to the Long Beach Superior Court for their preliminary hearing on Jan. 28 in Dept. 3, according to court staff.
Vinson and Davis are being tried as adults for the death of 16-year-old Melody Ross, an AP student and athlete who was gunned down just outside of Wilson's gates as she and about 500 other people were leaving the homecoming game against Poly High School on Oct. 30.
It was the first time Melody had attended a game and she was struck in the side with a single gunshot wound when the shots rang out at about 10 p.m. on Ximeno Avenue, between Seventh and Tenth streets, authorities said.
In addition to the first degree murder charge filed against the pair for Melody's death, the two teens also face two counts of attempted murder for the wounding of two Long Beach men, one 18 and the other 20, who survived and an allegation that the shooting was carried out to benefit Vinson's and Davis' gang.
The two survivors are gang rivals of Vinson and Davis, authorities said, and were believed to be the intended target in the attack.
Melody was an innocent bystander, authorities said.
Vinson attended Wilson High School at one time but was enrolled in a continuation school at the time of the slaying. Davis was a sophomore at Lakewood High School, school district officials said.
If convicted on all counts, both Vinson -- the alleged shooter -- and Davis face the possibility of life in prison without parole.
Tom Love Vinson and Daivion Davis, both 16, will return to the Long Beach Superior Court for their preliminary hearing on Jan. 28 in Dept. 3, according to court staff.
Vinson and Davis are being tried as adults for the death of 16-year-old Melody Ross, an AP student and athlete who was gunned down just outside of Wilson's gates as she and about 500 other people were leaving the homecoming game against Poly High School on Oct. 30.
It was the first time Melody had attended a game and she was struck in the side with a single gunshot wound when the shots rang out at about 10 p.m. on Ximeno Avenue, between Seventh and Tenth streets, authorities said.
In addition to the first degree murder charge filed against the pair for Melody's death, the two teens also face two counts of attempted murder for the wounding of two Long Beach men, one 18 and the other 20, who survived and an allegation that the shooting was carried out to benefit Vinson's and Davis' gang.
The two survivors are gang rivals of Vinson and Davis, authorities said, and were believed to be the intended target in the attack.
Melody was an innocent bystander, authorities said.
Vinson attended Wilson High School at one time but was enrolled in a continuation school at the time of the slaying. Davis was a sophomore at Lakewood High School, school district officials said.
If convicted on all counts, both Vinson -- the alleged shooter -- and Davis face the possibility of life in prison without parole.
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