A preliminary hearing is scheduled June 16th for 20-year-old Kyle Funk, the St Joseph man charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of his cousin May 21st.
Funk was arraigned Tuesday.
A judge denied the state’s motion to deny bail in the case. Bond is set at $100 thousand surety, with the conditions that Funk submit to drug and alcohol screening and not take alcohol or drugs, and that he not have contact with the victim’s immediate family.
According to court records, Funk will apply for a public defender. A status hearing is scheduled June 3rd.
According to St Joseph police, Funk and his cousin, 24-year-old Derrick Mauzey, shared an apartment at 701 N. Ninth in St Joseph. On the evening of May 21st, Mauzey was found at the apartment with a single gunshot wound. He was taken to Heartland Regional Medical center, where he later died. Funk was arrested later that night.