LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The trial has begun for a man accusing of killing two people in southern Indiana before allegedly taking a woman hostage.
Police said on April 4, 2022, Cherok Douglass killed his wife Brandee and a man, Lorin Yelle, at a gas station on State Street in New Albany.
From there, police said Douglass went to the Onion Tea House on Charlestown Road and held the owner hostage.
He was eventually shot by police and taken into custody.
Douglass is charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, kidnapping and robbery.
Jury selection took place on Monday.
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