The State : Trial Set in Police Slaying

After a two-week preliminary hearing and testimony from dozens of witnesses, police officers and criminal experts, a San Diego gang member was ordered Friday to stand trial for murder in the slaying of a rookie police officer. Stacy Don Butler, 25, is suspected of shooting Officer Jerry Hartless in the head Jan. 9 as Hartless was about to catch him during a foot chase. Butler, who had just been paroled from prison on a grand-theft conviction when the shooting occurred, is to be arraigned Sept. 29 in Superior Court. Deputy Dist. Atty. Keith Burt said his office is still weighing whether to seek the death penalty for Butler if he is convicted of first-degree murder.