The trial of Daniel Lynn Cregut will start with the selection of jurors in Shawnee County District Court. Twelve jurors and one alternate juror will hear the witnesses, then the alternate will be designated following closing arguments.
District Court Judge David Debenham will hear the case.
The shooting occurred on June 30 in the BP gas station, 1401 S.W. Huntoon. Cregut, 51, of Topeka, is charged with:
■ Kidnapping of Julia Wilson, a former girlfriend.
■ Four counts of attempted first-degree murder.
■ Four counts of aggravated assault with a handgun.
■ Two counts of aggravated burglary of the station and Wilson’s west-central Topeka apartment.
■ Aggravated criminal threat to commit violence at the gas station.
■ Criminal threat to the woman.
■ Stalking the woman after he was served with a protective order.
■ Misdemeanor counts of violation of a protective order and criminal damage to the gas station door.
The defendant’s name is pronounced "Cray-goo.” During the preliminary hearing on Sept. 2, a 36-year-old motorist testified he had stopped at the gas station when he saw Wilson running to the station door.
Wilson told him her boyfriend was going to shoot her, the motorist told her to come inside, then propped a foot against the bottom of the door and pushed his two hands against the door glass to block entry to the station.
A gunman approached the door and demanded to be let inside, but the motorist refused. The motorist held the door shut before being shot, he testified during Cregut’s preliminary hearing on Sept. 2. The gunman smiled and shot the motorist through the glass door, a witness testified. The projectile passed through his right thumb, then struck him in the chest, the motorist testified.
The motorist spun away from the door and fell to the floor after he was shot.
The gunman threatened to shoot the wounded man again if he didn’t say where the woman was inside the business. The gunman walked several times throughout the station, searching for her.
The station manager also said Cregut was just feet away when he pointed a pistol at the manager and pulled the trigger. The bullet struck bullet-resistant glass but failed to penetrate it. When the woman had returned to her Topeka apartment on that morning, the gunman was inside the residence, and the two talked about their relationship.
Cregut and the woman eventually rode in a car to the Huntoon Street Smoke Shop, 1237 S.W. Huntoon, to buy cigarettes.
But the woman exited the vehicle, running toward the gas station to escape Cregut. Once inside the station, she ran to a back room, locked the door and sought cover.
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