{Charleston, West Virginia}...Jury selection is expected to get underway at 9:00 A.M. Monday in the trial for Shawn Lester, the man charged in the August 2003 sniper-style shooting deaths of Gary Carrier Jr, Jeanie Patton and Okey Meadows Jr., who were killed at gas stations in Kanawha County. Lester appeared in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing. Both sides filed last minute motions in the case. During the hearing, prosecutors called retired State Police firearms expert Roger Reed to the stand, where he testified that the gun used in all three murders was a Marlin 22 Magnum rifle and that the bullets recovered from Carrier, Patton and Meadows were from the same gun. Judge Duke Bloom ruled that Reed could testify as a witness for the prosecution during the trial. Reed is one of more than a hundred witnesses expected to testify during the trial. Lester's attorney, George Castelle, says he will file a change of venue motion to get the trial moved out of Kanawha County.
