BUTLER COUNTY — The man accused of shooting two people at a Walmart in Butler County, killing one of them, was in court Tuesday for a separate case.
Anthony Brown, 32, appeared in Butler County Common Pleas Court for a suppression hearing in relation to an aggravated robbery charge from October 2021.
Brown filed a motion on Dec. 9 to suppress evidence he claimed was obtained illegally by the State. On Tuesday, prosecutors filed a response, asking the court to strike and/or overrule Brown’s motion, according to online court records.
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Brown was out on $200,000 bond for this charge when he was accused the deadly shooting.
Court records show his bond was revoked Friday.
On Tuesday, a new bond of $300,000 was issued for the aggravated robbery charge. Since he had previously posted a $200,000 bond, he would only need pay $100,000 to be released and put under house arrest. However, a $5 million bond remains for a case where he has been preliminary charged with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and having weapons while under disability.
Brown is accused of attempting to steal items from the electronic section at the Walmart store in Fairfield Twp. Thursday night. Police said shopper tried to stop the suspect, later identified as Brown, but he was able to pull away and run toward the door.
A second shopper then tried to stop him. Police said that it was then that the Brown pulled out a handgun and shot the individual. That person, Adam Black, 35, of Columbus, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police said an employee who was also in the area and tried to help was shot. They were transported to an area hospital and was last known to be in serious condition. We’re working to learn an update on the worker’s condition.
Brown was taken into custody early Friday morning after a SWAT standoff at the Fairfield Inn in Middletown.
Brown is scheduled to appear in court next for his 2021 aggravated robbery charge on July 26 for a second suppression hearing. Online court records show that a jury trial is scheduled to begin on Aug. 15.
He is currently booked in the Butler County Jail, according to online jail records.
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