Bonner indicted in track stars murder

A Mississippi grand jury handed down an indictment against former Northwest Community College student Christian Bonner for the September 29th shooting death of Ole Miss track star Rodney Lockhart.

Bonner faces capital murder charges because Lockhart died during the course of a robbery, the indictment alleges.

An indictment from a grand jury basically means there is enough evidence for the prosecutors to got to trial. The grand jury convened last week but did not file the indictment with the Lafayette County circuit court office until Wednesday.

Lockhart was found in his Taylor Pointe apartment off Anderson by a friend. He was dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

Bonner was picked up on October 5th for possession of cocaine and charged on October 8th with capital murder. Bonner has been in Lafayette County Detention Center since his arrest.