St. Louis County Attorney Melanie Ford announced that on Sept. 24, 2008, a St. Louis County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Terence Leon Callender, on one count of First Degree Premeditated Murder in the shooting death of James Alton Peterson on July 29, 2008. The Medical Examiner concluded that the manner of death was homicide and the cause of death was blood loss. The original complaint, charging Callender with one count of second degree murder, contained allegations that Callender shot Peterson three times at the Hillside Laundry on Fourth Street in Duluth.
At the initial hearing today, Judge Martin set bail at $500,000 and a pretrial conference was scheduled for Sept. 30, 2008, at 9 a.m.
