Grand jury to consider more charges

HILLSBOROUGH — More charges could be filed against the suspects charged in the death of the former student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall said a grand jury was scheduled to meet Monday to consider new charges in the case.

First-degree murder charges have already been filed against 22-year-old Demario Atwater and 17-year-old Laurence Lovette. Both are accused in the March 5 shooting death of 22-year-old Eve Carson. The Athens, Ga., native was found dead in the middle of a residential street in Chapel Hill, not far from the university's campus.

Woodall also said a hearing for Atwater scheduled for Monday has been postponed. Prosecutors had planned to say whether they would seek the death penalty. Woodall said the hearing will be rescheduled.

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