Because of publicity the high-profile case has received, it would be impossible for Jones to receive a fair trial in Cedar County, District Judge Bryan Meismer said in his ruling
HARTINGTON, Neb. — On March 1, 2023, David Phillips Jr. fired multiple gunshots, killing a co-worker on a construction site north of Hartington, Nebraska.
Cedar County jurors convicted a Louisiana man of a lesser charge in finding him guilty of fatally shooting a co-worker at a job site near Hartington, Nebraska.
Phillips shot Israel Matos-Colon, 31, of Fowlerville, Michigan, on March 1, 2023, during a verbal altercation at a tower work site approximately two miles north of Hartington.