Three now jointly charged in Moncton shooting death of Joedin Leger

One of the three people accused of killing an 18-year-old in Monctonhas been sent for apsychiatric evaluation following a court appearance Monday.

Riley Robert Sheldon Philips, 18,Hunter Nash England, 20 and Jerek John England, 23, are all charged with first-degree murder in connection with the April 25 shooting death of Joedin Lloyd Leger.

All three were separately charged in mid-June.During separate appearances by phone in Moncton provincial court Monday morning, the original charges were withdrawn.

A new first-degree murder charge laid by police names all three as co-accused.

Defence lawyer Tim Dub, representing Philips,requested a 30-day evaluation of his client's fitness to stand trial and for anymental disorders.Judge Ronald LeBlanc ordered the evaluation, which will take place at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton.

Jerek England told the LeBlanche has applied to legal aid for a lawyer and is waiting for confirmation of who will represent him.

Defence lawyer Gilles Lemieux was in court and said he may be representingHunter England.

RCMP have previously said police were called around 6:10 a.m. for a report of shots fired outside a Logan Lane duplex in Moncton's north end neighbourhood.

Legerhad been shot and was taken to hospital, where he later died. RCMP have said another person was inside the home but wasn't injured.

Police say they determined a car had pulled up to the home, four people got out and approached the house. "Several shots" were fired, police said in a news release, before the four got back into a vehicle and fled the area.

RCMP said when the third person was charged that, at that point, police weren't actively seeking a fourth person.