Halifax mall shooting plot accused set preliminary inquiry dates

Dates have been set for a preliminary inquiry in thecase involving two people accused of plotting to open fire at a
Halifax shopping mall.

Twenty-three-year-old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of Geneva,Ill., and 20-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax are toappear in court July 7, 8 and 23.

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The pair made a brief appearance via video link in Halifaxprovincial court on Friday.

Each is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy tocommit arson, illegal possession of dangerous weapons and making athreat through social media, none of which has been proven in court.

A Crown document alleges the offences took place between Jan. 6and Valentine's Day.

The Crown alleges the offences involved the Halifax ShoppingCentre and were carried out in concert with James Lee Gamble, a19-year-old man found dead in his Halifax home.