Trial date set in January shooting

A trial date was set in Mississippi County for the Cape Girardeau teen charged with shooting a woman in the back.

Zatron R. Twiggs, 17, was in court Tuesday for a criminal setting. He will face a jury trial Aug. 25 on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

He remains in custody on $100,000 bond. His case was transferred to Mississippi County on a change of venue.

Twiggs is suspected of shooting 20-year-old Erica Hempstead Jan. 20 on the 400 block of South Ellis in Cape Girardeau following an argument. Hempstead recovered from surgery a few days after doctors removed the bullet.