Circuit court arraignment is scheduled next month for a St Joseph man accused in a fatal shooting last month. Scott Hollandsworth, 37, waived his preliminary hearing on Friday.

Police say Mr Hollandsworth got into a verbal altercation that escalated into a shooting at a midtown home. In court documents, investigators say Hollandsworth struck 33-year-old Shawn Martin in the head and then shot him.

Martin was found in a house at 1519 Felix on December 7.

Police named Mr Hollandsworth as a person of interest, and on December 10 he turned himself in to authorities in Riverside, Missouri.

In court Friday, Associate Judge Keith Marquart scheduled arraignment February 4 before Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg. Hollandsworth remains behind bars in the Buchanan County Jail, unable to post $100,000 bail.