Thomas McCoy has had his pretrial hearing continued to Nov. 18.
McCoy is accused of pre-meditated, first-degree mur-der in the April 2009 shooting death of Curtis Brown at Northwest Florida State College’s Chautauqua Center in DeFuniak Springs. McCoy and Brown were former co-workers at the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Valparaiso.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for McCoy.
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McCoy facing death penalty after Coca-Cola killing
State prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing a Coca-Cola employee at a Northwest Florida State College campus last month.
Thomas Ford McCoy, 42, of Laurel Hill, was indicted this week for first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm. State Attorney Bill Eddins announced Thursday that his office will seek the death penalty.
"Our decision to seek the death penalty in any case is based on whether there are aggravating circumstances under the death penalty statute that apply to the case," said Assistant State Attorney Bobby Elmore. "So what you can determine from our decision to seek the death penalty is that we believe there are aggravating circumstances that apply to this case that support the imposition of the death penalty."
Elmore said McCoy's arraignment is scheduled for June 23. A tentative trial date has been set for Sept. 14, but Elmore said that date likely will change.
McCoy is accused of killing former co-worker Curtis Brown, 38, of Baker, on April 10 at NWF State College's Chautauqua Center in DeFuniak Springs. Brown worked for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Valparaiso and was at the Chautauqua Center repairing a vending machine when he was shot twice in the chest.
McCoy was arrested about two weeks after the shooting outside of a Tampa hotel. He was shot twice by United States marshals after he pulled a handgun on lawmen who were trying to arrest him. His wounds were not life threatening.
Investigators found a fully loaded automatic rifle, loaded handguns and several rounds of ammunition in his hotel room.
McCoy previously had worked with Brown at the Coca-Cola plant in Valparaiso, but he quit two to three years ago to start his own company, Cold Drink Inc.
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