A third suspect is in custody in connection with an incident last month on Parkway A that left a shooting victim in serious condition.

Brandon Scott Parker, 28, is charged with a class B felony count of robbery in the second degree. According to a court affidavit, Mr Parker has been identified as the driver of the vehicle used to flee the scene of the shooting December 15 at 3000 Parkway A, in which Trevor Keith was seriously hurt.

He is charged with robbery, unlike co-defendants Gerald Johnson and Adrian Taylor, who are charged with 2nd degree assault and armed criminal action. According to an affidavit from St. Joseph Police Detective Frank Till, the robbery attempt was drug-related, and Mr Parker had an “active role” in the incident. Detective Till says Mr Parker might not appear in court because he is on probation for the distribution of drugs, and the robbery was drug related. Till says the defendant faces a seven-year prison sentence on the probation violation alone.

Taylor and Johnson are both accused of shooting Mr Keith as he sat in a vehicle and then fleeing the scene. (click here for more) Mr. Parker is charged with driving the vehicle in which the shooting suspects fled.

Johnson, 29, is being held without bail pending his formal arraignment January 28. He waived his preliminary hearing in the case. Co-defendant Taylor, 27, also waived his preliminary hearing. Taylor is scheduled for arraignment February 8. He remains in custody, unable to post $150,000 bail.

Mr Parker’s first court appearance was scheduled Friday. He is being held in the Buchanan County Jail, unable to post $25,000 bail.