HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Formal charges have been filed against a Hutchinson man accused in the
shooting death of another man inside a residence on East 7th Avenue Monday afternoon.
Thirty-one-year-old Brennan Trass is formally charged with first-degree murder while in commission of a felony and criminal possession of a firearm. Trass made his first appearance Tuesday afternoon in front of Judge Tim Chambers where the charges were read. He was appointed the Regional Public Defenders Office for his defense.
Trass is accused in the shooting death of 24-year-old Jose Morales, who was found on the floor of the residence just before 4 p.m. Monday with multiple gun shot wounds. He died about 90 minutes later at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.
Bond for Trass was increased to $250,000 and his preliminary hearing has been set for Aug. 27.