Trial was delayed Wednesday for the 2009 shooting of a 4-year-old innocent bystander.
Defendant James Leland Landrum Jr., 47, is charged with attempted murder for the shooting of Josue Hercules, who survived the incident.
Josue was playing with his older sister and another child when a street fight broke out near their home, in the 2100 block of Earl Avenue.
Jose was hit in the back of the head by a single round, which skirted his skull and lodged behind one eye. He suffered no brain damage and was released from the hospital a few days later.
Landrum, who had fled the city, was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol authorities at a checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, two days after the shooting.
The defendant faces multiple counts, including a gang enhancement, and, if convicted on all counts, the possibility of a lifetime in prison.
He has been held at the Men's Central Jail in lieu of $3 million bail since his 2009 capture and was ordered Wednesday to return to the Long Beach Superior Court on Jan. 24, 2011 for trial.
Defendant James Leland Landrum Jr., 47, is charged with attempted murder for the shooting of Josue Hercules, who survived the incident.
Josue was playing with his older sister and another child when a street fight broke out near their home, in the 2100 block of Earl Avenue.
Jose was hit in the back of the head by a single round, which skirted his skull and lodged behind one eye. He suffered no brain damage and was released from the hospital a few days later.
Landrum, who had fled the city, was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol authorities at a checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, two days after the shooting.
The defendant faces multiple counts, including a gang enhancement, and, if convicted on all counts, the possibility of a lifetime in prison.
He has been held at the Men's Central Jail in lieu of $3 million bail since his 2009 capture and was ordered Wednesday to return to the Long Beach Superior Court on Jan. 24, 2011 for trial.
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