Rancher Pleads Not Guilty on Murder Charge for Allegedly Shooting Illegal Border Crosser Trespassing on His Land

Rancher Pleads Not Guilty on Murder Charge for Allegedly Shooting Illegal Border Crosser Trespassing on His Land
George Alan Kelly enters court for his preliminary hearing in Nogales Justice Court in Nogales, Ariz., on Feb. 22, 2023. Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic via AP, Pool
Bill Pan
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An elderly Arizona rancher has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing an illegal immigrant from Mexico trespassing on his borderland property.

George Alan Kelly, 73, was initially charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting occurred on his ranch in Nogales at the Arizona-Mexico border on Jan. 30.

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