BARNSTABLE — The East Falmouth man charged with shooting two Falmouth police officers in 2018 is seeking a jury-waived trial in front of a judge.
Malik Koval, 23, who is facing multiple counts of assault and battery as well as several other charges, was expected to enter a plea Tuesday during his hearing in Barnstable Superior Court, which was conducted via Zoom.
A Barnstable County grand jury indicted Koval in November 2018 on two counts each of armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a firearm and assault and battery on a police officer, as well as one count each of possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, threat to commit crime and disturbing the peace.