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WARREN -- The case for a murder suspect accused of fatally shooting 35-year-old Howard Dorsey on April 9 has been bound over to a grand jury.
Scanning the court gallery as he walked in dressed in an orange Trumbull County jail jumpsuit, Kyair Kyser spoke a few words, only addressing Warren Municipal Judge Patty Knepp to approve the waiving of his rights to a preliminary hearing.
She then moved to have his case bound over to the Trumbull County grand jury.
This process involves transferring the case from a lower court to a higher court for further examination. The grand jury will review the evidence presented by the prosecutor to determine if there is enough probable cause to indict the suspect on the charges brought against them.
If the grand jury finds sufficient evidence, it will issue an indictment, formally charging the suspect and allowing the case to proceed to trial.
If the grand jury does not find enough evidence, the charges may be dropped or the case may be dismissed.
Kyser was the first suspect arrested in the case, charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery, and picked up by the Warren Police Department on July 22.
Kyser's bond was set at $1 million during his arraignment.
According to a Warren police report, Dorsey was found shot multiple times at 1028 Lovers Lane NW. During a 911 call, a woman reported that her friend, identified only as Howard from Bonnie Brae Avenue SE, Warren, had been shot and was lying on the dining room floor, bleeding from his mouth.
She told dispatchers she was awakened by gunshots while asleep on the couch, and witnessed two men running away out of the home as she woke up.
A second suspect, Donovan Adams, 19, of Fairfield Avenue NE, was arrested in late July.
He pleaded not guilty at his hearing, which was also held in the courtroom of Knepp.
Adams will appear back in court Aug. 5. He is currently being held in the county jail without bond.