Jury selection continues in Alexander Kozak trial

NEVADA - Jury selection will continue Wednesday in the murder trial of Alexander Kozak, who is charged with shooting and killing 20-year-old Andrea Farrington last summer inside the Coral Ridge Mall.

The lawyers will continue individual questioning of prospective jurors who said they have knowledge of the case on Wednesday. Opening statements may not start until Thursday.

Kozak, who turned 23 on Tuesday, is charged with first-degree murder. He is accused of shooting Andrea Farrington, 20, three times in the back on June 12, 2015, as she was working at the Iowa Children's Museum information desk.

Police haven't revealed a motive. But a civil suit filed in January by Farrington's parents against the mall and security company that employed Kozak as a guard claims Kozak harassed and threatened Farrington before the shooting.

Court documents show Kozak told police after being arrested that she broke up with him that day before. Then, on the day of the shooting, he went home to get a gun and then returned and shot her. However, no one else has confirmed the two had any relationship.

The civil suit says Farrington complained to the security company about Kozak harassing and physically threatening her. He had access to her phone number because the company had it on file, the suit says.

The company instructed Kozak to stay away from her and assigned him to a different patrol area of the mall, according to the suit, but Kozak didn't comply.

Kozak is claiming diminished capacity or responsibility.