A judge has ordered that the trial of a man accused of concealing evidence tied to a deadly shooting shall go on as scheduled.

Jayro Pineda, 41, is set to face a jury trial starting Jan. 8 in Warren Circuit Court on a charge of tampering with physical evidence.

Pineda is accused by law enforcement of disposing of a handgun used in the June 3, 2021, shooting of Gregorio Alberto Jimenez.

Pineda’s brother, Eder Martinez-Pineda, is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in connection with Jimenez’s death, and has pleaded not guilty to the pending charges.

Jayro Pineda appeared Monday before Warren Circuit Judge J.B. Hines alongside his attorney, Neal Tucker.

Following a bench conference, Hines said he denied a motion from Tucker to continue the tampering trial and order that it remain on the docket for next month.

The Bowling Green Police Department investigated Jimenez’s death, which occurred in the 700 block of Glen Lily Road.

According to prior court testimony, witnesses reported finding Jimenez’s body on Glen Lily Road, and police spoke with the property owner where the body was located.

The owner reported hearing gunshots from inside his home, and looked out a window and saw a black SUV speed away.

According to testimony from BGPD Detective David Grimsley, a neighbor reported witnessing a black Chevrolet Suburban drive past his home on Glen Lily Road before turning around abruptly in a parking lot, with the neighbor hearing several gunshots less than a minute later.

Another BGPD officer who was shown a picture of Jimenez recalled responding to a call at a Collegeview Drive home the night before the shooting that involved allegations that Jimenez wanted to fight someone there.

When police went to the Collegeview Drive address, they found a black 2015 Chevrolet Suburban parked in the driveway and learned that it was registered to Jayro Pineda, according to court records.

Within minutes of police showing up at the address, Pineda arrived at the home and reported having gone to a restaurant with his family the previous evening.

Grimsley testified in 2021 that Pineda declined to give further statements when asked by police about the possibility of the Suburban being involved in the shooting.

Later, city police were called by Martinez-Pineda’s ex-wife, who reported that Martinez-Pineda had called her and confessed to shooting Jimenez and then giving the gun to his brother, Grimsley said.

A grand jury returned indictments against Martinez-Pineda, Pineda and Brittany Miller, who was charged with first-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension.