Marine veteran middle school teacher, 36, who shot dead an 11-year-old boy on a turkey hunt has charges upgraded to capital murder by Alabama grand jury
A grand jury has upgraded charges against Alabama man Joshua Stewart Burks, 36, in the May shooting death of 11-year-old Troy Ellis
On December 10 Burks was charged with capital murder of a person under the age of 14 and faces eligibility for the death penalty if convicted
In May Burks, a military vet and middle school teacher, went on a turkey hunt
During the hunt he fatally shot Troy Ellis and injured his father Obed Ellis
He was booked back into Jefferson County Jail Friday and released on bond
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The charges against a former Alabama middle school teacher and military veteran were upgraded from manslaughter to capital murder in connection to the death of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead during a hunting trip in May.
Joshua Stewart Burks, 36, of Mobile, Alabama, shot and killed 11-year-old Troy Ellis on May 1 and injured Ellis’ father, local football coach Obed Ellis, who was treated at the scene and survived, according to local police. They were all part of a small party that went into the woods that Friday to hunt turkey, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said at the time.