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A Calhoun County judge scheduled a December trial for a
Gadsden man accused of killing an Oxford restaurant employee.
Brandon Hawkins' trial is set to begin December 7, exactly
four years to the day after his arrest for the September 9, 2011, shooting of
Barbara Exum. Investigators said Hawkins
murdered Exum during a robbery at the Papa John's on Snow Street in Oxford, where
the 56-year-old woman was an assistant manager.
Hawkins was 21 at the time of the shooting. He is accused of going into the Papa John's
around 11:30 p.m. and striking one employee in the head with a handgun. Police said the suspect then grabbed Exum and
demanded money before shooting her in the chest.
Hawkins is charged with capital murder as the killing
involved a robbery. He also faces a
second-degree assault charge for striking the other employee.
He pled guilty in January to first-degree robbery of the HR
Food Mart in Anniston. That incident
happened one week after the Papa John's robbery.
21 year old Donquavious Russell, is also charged with
capital murder in this investigation.
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