Teen arrested, charged as adult in killing of Missouri State football player

LAS VEGAS - A 17-year-old accused of shooting and killing a Missouri State University football player during a fight involving their sisters in Las Vegas has been charged as an adult with murder.

Richard Allan Newsome Jr. stood in shackles and wasn’t asked to enter a plea during a brief court hearing Friday in the killing last weekend of 18-year-old Richard J. Nelson.

A judge scheduled a Feb. 6 preliminary hearing of evidence in the case.

CBS affiliate KXNT reports that Newsome’s mother Tianna Douglas was charged with being an accessory to murder for allegedly driving her son from the scene of the shooting. Douglas was reportedly released on bail Wednesday, but Newsome remains jailed without bail. 

Defense attorney John Momot said outside court that Newsome plans to plead not guilty.

Newsome’s family members who attended the hearing declined to comment.

Nelson was a redshirt freshman last season at Missouri State University.

Witnesses told police Nelson tried to pull people away from his sister before he was shot.