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Show Hearing Set In Shooting LAYTON - A man who apparently ap-parently fled from a Layton drug store and was shot by a city police officer is scheduled for preliminary hearing tomorrow (Thursday) (Thurs-day) at 2:30 p.m. in Fourth Circuit Court in Layton. THE DEFENDANT, Thomas E. Richardson, 22, of 1738 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, was arraigned last week on a third-degree felony charge of burglary. Richardson was seriously injured by a Layton police officer of-ficer after he (Richardson) fled from the Kowley Drug Store, 15 North Main, Layton, early on Sept. 21. THE DEFENDANT was shot in the neck and upper body by a shotgun blast and spent 10 days recovering in a Salt Lake City hospital. He has been released from the hospital and was termed capable of standing trial. The shooting, which occurred oc-curred when the suspect stopped running and turned as though he was going to shoot, was ruled justified following an investigation by the Davis County Attorney's Office. AN ALLEGED accomplice in the case, Gloria Holden, 20, same address as the defen dant, was arraigned two weeks ago and her preliminary hearing will be held in conjunction with the male suspect, according to a court spokesperson, grb |