NATCHEZ — An indictment has been filed against the second teen accused in the robbery and shooting death of a Natchez boy.

The Adams County grand jury empanelled in January returned the indictment on charges of murder and armed robbery against Eddie Minor III, 18, in March, but it was not publicly filed with the Adams County Circuit Clerk’s office until late last week.

Minor was indicted along with Emanuel C. Latham Jr., 15. An indictment is not a judgment of guilt by the grand jury, but means the jury believes the evidence against a defendant is significant enough to warrant a full examination at trial.

The two are scheduled to appear before Circuit Judge Forrest “Al” Johnson at 9 a.m. today for their initial court appearance.

The defendants are accused in the death of 16-year-old Jessie Elbert Taylor Jr., who died several hours after being shot and robbed in the area of Beaumont Street at approximately 9 p.m. Dec. 28.

Police investigators have said Taylor was in the area to buy synthetic marijuana from the suspects, something members of his family have denied.

But official and unofficial narratives agree that during the interaction between the suspects and Taylor, they apparently decided to rob him, leading to a scuffle that ended with shots fired at Taylor.

The victim received several gunshot wounds, and Taylor died at 1:10 a.m. Dec. 29 at Natchez Regional Medical Center.

This isn’t the first time Minor has been charged with murder, though it is apparently the first time he has been indicted for it.

Minor was one of three accused in the armed robbery and shooting death of Tyrone Bernard, an employee at DD’s Package Store who was ambushed as he was closing up the shop in February 2013.

While records at the Circuit Clerk’s office indicate one of the other suspects — Kenneth Carver Jr. — charged in the liquor store slaying has been indicted, the cases of Minor and another suspect, James Anderson, are still waiting grand jury action.

The last action on Carver’s case was a January order from the court to evaluate him to see if he is mentally competent to stand trial.