Trial date set for teen accused in school shooting

Associated Press

URBANA, Ohio

A trial date has been set for a teenager accused in an Ohio school shooting that wounded two students.

A Champaign County Common Pleas judge set 17-year-old Ely Serna’s trial for Aug. 21. The judge said at a Thursday hearing that he wants the case resolved before students return to class at West Liberty-Salem High School this fall.

Authorities allege Serna fired a shotgun at a classmate in a bathroom at the school Jan. 20, critically wounding him, and then fired at classrooms. Another student was slightly injured.

Serna’s bond remains at $1 million.