Two of the three people charged in connection with the shooting at Muse apartment complex that claimed Ayanna Morgan’s life made brief court appearances Tuesday.

Malik Jones, 31, and Kobee Lancaster, 25, were brought to Warren Circuit Court for pretrial conferences.

Jones is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and convicted felon in possession of a handgun. He is accused of intentionally causing the death of the 21-year-old Morgan by shooting her on July 23 at the Russellville Road apartment complex following a physical altercation.

Lancaster faces charges of second-degree assault, two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, two counts of tampering with physical evidence by complicity, two counts of second-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension and leaving the scene of an accident/failure to render aid or assistance.

Lancaster was identified by city police as the driver of an SUV that also carried Malik Jones, his brother Malcolm Jones and another person who has not been charged with a crime in connection with the shooting.

Police said that after Morgan was wounded, she was struck by the SUV as it drove away from the apartment complex.

Jones’ attorney, Jill Elkind of the Department of Public Advocacy, informed the court that she has been in contact with the Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to ask about the status of a recorded interview and some evidence that has been sent for analysis to the Kentucky State Police Crime Lab and asked for another court date.

Attorney Dwight Burton, who represents Jones in an unrelated drug case, also asked for a new court date.

Warren Circuit Judge John Grise set a June 17 pretrial conference for Jones and Lancaster, who is being represented by attorney Alan Simpson.

The Bowling Green Police Department investigated the shooting, talking with witnesses and reviewing surveillance camera footage from the apartment complex that helped police establish the presence of a Jeep SUV at the scene.

BGPD Detective Ryan Dillon testified last year during a preliminary hearing in Warren District Court that Malcolm Jones is seen in video footage assaulting Morgan before she begins chasing him around the Jeep, ending with him climbing in on the passenger side.

Morgan attempts to open the passenger door, leading to another confrontation between her and Malik Jones outside the vehicle in which the two fall to the ground and Malcolm Jones “stomps on her head seven or eight times,” Dillon said during his testimony at the preliminary hearing.

The video footage does not clearly show a gunshot, but Dillon said that Morgan can be seen bleeding heavily, and she stands up and approaches the vehicle again before she is struck by the passenger side mirror.

The police investigation found the gun that had been fired belonged to Morgan, and Dillon testified last year that he believed Morgan had the gun out prior to the physical altercation outside the vehicle and still had the gun when she hit the ground, but that only Malik Jones’ hand was on the gun when the shooting occurred.

Police identified Malik Jones as the murder suspect after other detectives reviewed the footage and recognized him through prior contact, and Dillon testified that police were able to differentiate between Malik and Malcolm Jones on the video footage by noting the distinctive tattoos of each person.

A grand jury indicted Malcolm Jones, Malik’s twin brother, on charges of murder by complicity, tampering with physical evidence and convicted felon in possession of a handgun.

A subsequent indictment charged Malcolm Jones with first-degree bail jumping after he failed to appear in court for a hearing in a separate drug case, and he remains at large.

Lancaster is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after a recent conviction on multiple drug trafficking counts.

Lancaster is accused of conspiring with others to have the SUV’s owner clean the blood from the vehicle, and by having another person not charged in connection with the shooting delete messages and photographs from her cellphone that might be used as evidence in the case.