{Huntington, West Virginia}...The trial for 19 year old Stewart Jordan is set for next month after he rejected a plea deal Friday morning in Cabell County Circuit Court that would allow him to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a 15 year sentence. Jordan would have been required to serve 71/2 years of that sentence. Prosecutors say Jordan and 19 year old Rajion Mayo fatally shot 48 year old Mark Lowry as he sat in his vehicle in an alley adjacent to the 1600-block of 11th Avenue in July 2011. Lowry’s wife and 19 year old stepson were also in the vehicle but were not hurt. In September 2011, Mayo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 20 years on the robbery charge and 30 years on the murder charge to be served consecutively. The robbery conviction is not related to the murder, but the robbery of a couple pushing their child in a stroller near the gazebo in Ritter Park in March 2010.
