MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A judge Wednesday heard testimony from a Mobile County sheriff’s investigator about a fatal shooting that took place in June but stopped short of ruling whether the case will go to a grand jury.
Mobile County District Judge George Zoghby agreed to carry the preliminary hearing over to next month to allow prosecutors and the defense to submit written arguments over whether Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Archie Niles can withhold the names of witnesses who led investigators to focus on defendant Travis Larenzo McCall.
According to testimony, the shooting occurred between Alabama Village and Gulf Village in Prichard on June 13. Niles testified that Carlos Bendolph suffered a fatal gunshot. He said surveillance video from a nonprofit called Light of the Village shows a man identified by witnesses as McCall running behind the building into a wooded area and then running back in the other direction toward Barber Drive…