JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The man accused of killing a former firefighter at Jacksonville Beach in February was arraigned Monday on a first-degree murder indictment.
Charles Pearce, 30, entered a not guilty plea in the shooting death of 42-year-old Mike McCue, who was shot in the driveway of his home.
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Pearce's next pretrial hearing is scheduled for June 6. He's being held at the Duval County Jail without bail.
Pearce was arrested in Arizona more than a week after the killing. He did not fight extradition, and was brought back to Duval County in March.
After a Duval County grand jury reviewed the case, it handed up an indictment charging Pearce with first-degree murder.
Pearce is also charged with attempted murder in connection with a separate shooting about a block away from where McCue was killed. Police said Pearce initially fired a shot at his stepfather, but missed him.
Not long after, McCue was shot and killed outside his home, one block away.