SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A July trial has been scheduled for a 30-year-old man accused of killing another man in the northwest Iowa community of Sloan. The trial of Timothy Schroeder had been set to begin Feb. 16, but Judge Jeffrey Neary agreed to give defense attorneys more time to prepare. The trial now is scheduled to begin July 12 in Woodbury County District Court.

Schroeder has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the Jan. 9, 2015, shooting death of 29-year-old Dustin Wilder at Wilder’s home in Sloan.