VIDOJ No Longer Seeks Pretrial Detention for Brian Schooler After Fatal WMJR Service Station Shooting

ST. CROIX — Prosecutors are no longer asking the court to detain Brian Schooler pending trial, even as he remains accused in the shooting death of Pedro Melendez Sanes at WMJR Service Station on Friday. Schooler was arrested on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and discharging or aiming a firearm after the fatal shooting of Melendez Sanes. According to police, ShotSpotter first alerted authorities to the incident after detecting 15 rounds fired at the WMJR Service Station in Castle Coakley. When officers arrived, a woman reportedly pointed to Schooler and identified him as the shooter. A second individual approached police and said he had secured Schooler’s gun, also reportedly identifying him as the person who shot Melendez Sanes. Police found Melendez Sanes lying face down near the gas station’s eastern corner, unresponsive, with a vehicle a few feet away. The vehicle’s driver’s side door was still open. The firearm secured at the scene ...