Court orders filed Monday indicated the charges against Cook and McDaniel were dismissed because of lack of evidence. Beechum remains charged with three felonies – intimidation with a dangerous weapon, willful injury and going armed with intent – and two misdemeanor counts of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. His trial begins next week.

According to court documents, McDaniel, Cook and four others were walking on Myrtle Street near Hutchinson’s home. Hutchinson and his wife, Randi Hutchinson, were cleaning their car in the driveway. One of the girls with McDaniel and Cook was on her cellphone, talking to her boyfriend, when she uttered a racial slur. As the group passed his house, Hutchinson, who is black, made contact with them and asked why someone had used the slur.

The group began to argue with him. Randi Hutchinson went to get Beechum. A fight ensued. Hutchinson, who was knocked unconscious, suffered a fractured bone in his face. Beechum was later treated for abrasions and a laceration to the back of his head. McDaniel was shot in his left thigh and right ankle.

Beechum is a former Iowa State University basketball player who played in the early 1990s. None of the juveniles had been charged in the case.