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Pop Smoke: Trial Date Set for Murder Defendant

The sole adult defendant charged with Pop Smoke's murder is due to face the only jury trial in the case after three juveniles settled their charges

According to police and prosecutors, the juvenile defendants, some in ski masks, made their way up to an outdoor balcony and burst into the upstairs bedroom of the Airbnb rental home where Pop Smoke, born Bashar Jackson, was taking a shower shortly after 4 a.m. A police detective testified at a preliminary hearing that a Google account linked to Walker researched the rental home before the slaying and then searched “Rolex oyster perpetual datejust” at 5:15 a.m., less than an hour after the first 911 call was made. Prosecutors say Walker and his cohorts planned the home invasion to steal the stack of cash, thick gold chain and diamond-studded watch that Jackson had flashed on social media a day earlier.

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