DES MOINES, Iowa—A trial will begin this week for the first of two teens charged with murder in a shooting at a Des Moines alternative school that left two students dead and the program’s founder injured.
Jury selection is scheduled to start Monday in the trial of Preston Walls, 19, who is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and criminal gang participation. Bravon Tukes, 19, is set to stand trial on the same charges on Oct. 2.