Click Here,<\/a> for the ABC 30 News report <\/p>\nFRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) \u2014 Accused killer John Gentry appeared in a red jumpsuit on Monday as he stood before a judge on one count of murder for the death of his neighbor, Mark Tarasevic, last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnter not guilty pleas at this time, denying all allegations,\u201d Public Defender Tina Wong said.<\/p>\n
Crime scene tape remains visible near the 74-year-old\u2019s Central Fresno home.<\/p>\n
Police were called to Clinton Avenue and Bond Street last Tuesday for a report of a gunshot, and investigators say Tarasevic later died from a single bullet to the upper body.<\/p>\n
They branded it a \u201cneighbor disturbance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas it an argument between the two?\u201d Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said. \u201cDid the victim have a gun, and was this self-defense?\u201d<\/p>\n
Capozzi is now raising questions as police say they recovered the murder weapon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat needs to be found out or determined is did the police do (a) gunshot residue (test) of this defendant?\u201d Capozzi said. \u201cDid they check his hands? Did it compare to the gun that was found? Can we show that that gun was used in this particular incident?\u201d<\/p>\n
Gentry asked for a delay on Monday, pushing back the critical preliminary hearing when prosecutors will make their case.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour attorney had indicated that you will be waving the 10-court-day rule, but not the 60-court-day rule. Did you hear your attorney say that?\u201d Fresno County Superior Court Judge Robert Mangano said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Gentry answered.<\/p>\n
\u201c(It was) a very wise choice by the defense attorney to waive the 10-day limit for the preliminary hearing,\u201d Capozzi told Action News. \u201cThe police reports are probably not done. It\u2019s the holiday season. It\u2019s going to take time.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the investigation still underway, Gentry is ordered back to court on January 22 and again on February 5.<\/p>\n
He remains in the Fresno County Jail on a $1.5 million bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click Here, for the ABC 30 News report FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) \u2014 Accused killer John Gentry appeared in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-115370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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