BOSTON, Sept. 2, 2016—The former Boston Public Schools employee who allegedly shot a student in the head last year has fired his attorney, delaying the trial that had been scheduled for next month.

At a hearing yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court, Judge Rosalind Miller granted a motion by SHAUN O. HARRISON (D.O.B. 6/9/59) to obtain new counsel for his trial on charges of armed assault with intent to murder and other related offenses connected with the March 4 shooting of a 17-year-old male. Harrison’s former attorney, Michelle Brennan, was dismissed and attorney Robert Laboy was appointed to represent him.

Harrison had been scheduled for trial on Oct. 17. That trial date has been cancelled and a status date has been set for Sept. 9.

Assistant District Attorney David Bradley is the lead prosecutor in the case. Jennifer Sears is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.

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