A man accused in a deadly shooting that occurred along Glen Lily Road is facing a jury trial next year.

Eder Exequiel Martinez-Pineda, 33, is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the June 3, 2021, shooting of Gregorio Alberto Jimenez.

Martinez-Pineda is accused of firing the shots that killed Jimenez, who was found dead on June 3, 2021, in the 700 block of Glen Lily Road.

At a pretrial conference held Tuesday in Warren Circuit Court, defense attorney Kevin Croslin said that he and his client had taken part in a court-ordered mediation with the Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office earlier this month, but the session did not resolve the case.

“We did not agree on a disposition, however I’m still confident we may be able to do so,” Croslin said during Tuesday’s hearing.

The case is scheduled for a jury trial beginning March 31, 2025.

Warren Circuit Judge J.B. Hines set a pretrial conference for March 19.

Jimenez’s death was investigated by the Bowling Green Police Department, which was dispatched to the scene after a passer-by reported finding his body.

Detectives investigating the death spoke with another witness who reported seeing a black SUV drive past his house and then hearing gunshots soon afterward, according to prior court testimony.

A BGPD officer who recognized Jimenez from a photograph remembered responding to a call involving Jimenez at a home on Collegeview Drive the night before the shooting, in which he was believed to have tried to fight someone living at the house, BGPD Detective David Grimsley testified during a 2021 preliminary hearing in Warren District Court.

Officers went to the home and found a black 2015 Chevrolet Suburban parked outside that was registered to Jayro Pineda, Martinez-Pineda’s brother.

A grand jury would go on to indict Pineda on a charge of tampering with physical evidence, and that case is pending in circuit court.

A third person, Brittany Miller, is charged in the case with first-degree hindering prosecution/apprehension.

Martinez-Pineda’s ex-wife spoke to police and claimed that he admitted shooting Jimenez, according to prior testimony. 

The ex-wife made a recorded phone call from BGPD headquarters to Martinez-Pineda, and he said during the call that he had given the gun used in the shooting to his brother, Grimsley testified during the 2021 hearing.

Martinez-Pineda turned himself in to law enforcement in Tompkinsville five days after the shooting.