Man charged in deadly Berea bank shooting will not appear for arraignment on state charges

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky has denied a request for the man charged in April’s deadly Berea bank shooting to appear in state court last week.

Brailen Weaver, 19, was supposed to be arraigned on state charges in Madison County Circuit Court on Thursday, Nov. 12.

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Weaver’s attorneys had already filed a motion seeking to prohibit him from appearing in state court, but a federal judge said that is now moot.

A status conference scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10, in federal court has been canceled.

Weaver is accused of walking into the U.S. Bank in Berea and killing 35-year-old Breanna Edwards and 42-year-old Brian Switzer.

He was indicted in May on federal charges: one count of attempted armed bank robbery and two counts of causing death with a firearm in the course of a crime of violence. He was then indicted on state charges in July: two counts of murder and one count of fleeing and evading.