A Placer Superior Court judge on Wednesday postponed a murder trial until March for a man accused of killing a hostage and wounding two other people during a 2023 police standoff at a Roseville park.
Judge Michael Jones had initially scheduled the trial to begin Oct. 20 for Eric James Abril, 37, who faces charges of murder and attempted murder in the shooting at Mahany Park in Roseville. On Wednesday morning, Jones rescheduled the trial to begin March 23.
The trial has been delayed since February, when Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. If he’s convicted, a jury will then have to decide whether Abril was insane when the park shooting occurred…