Cedar Rapids teens charged in murder to be arraigned

Two Cedar Rapids teens charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Kevin Bell last month are scheduled to be arraigned later this month in Linn County District Court.

A trial information charging Gabriel Taylor, 17, was filed Friday. He is scheduled to appear at an arraignment hearing at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 26.

Denem A. Null, 16, who also is charged in Bell's murder, is scheduled to appear at the same time.

Investigators believe that Null and Taylor broke into an apartment at 113 First Ave. SW on Jan. 11. Bell, 26, was inside and was shot in the head. He died the next morning at an Iowa City hospital. Null is accused of firing the gun that killed Bell.

Both Null and Taylor are being held at the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center on $1 million cash bail.