Murder Case Sent To Grand Jury

{Huntington, West Virginia}...Thursday, a preliminary hearing was held in Cabell County Court for 27 year old Aaron Searls of Huntington, a man charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of John Keaton. During the hearing, Keaton's girlfriend, Maria Cover, testified that Searls was at The Lounge bar the night of the shooting and that as she and Keaton left the bar Searls was outside waiting for them and pulled a gun on them after a verbal confrontation. Cover testified that Keaton hit Searls and then she heard three gunshots before seeing the men hit the ground. Searls told police he shot Keaton in self defense. Public Defender Paul Jordan claimed there was no evidence that this is a first degree murder. Judge Darrel Black found probable cause and sent the case to the grand jury.