UPDATE 6/01/10 @ 3:00 p.m.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (WSAZ) -- The hearing for a man accused of shooting a former West Virginia Salvation Army major to death in front of his wife and children is now underway.

KARK-TV, our affiliate in Little Rock, tells WSAZ.com the hearing started at 2:40 p.m.

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Laquan Javaris Fitzpatrick, who has addresses in both Little Rock and Helena-West Helena, will appear Tuesday for the first time in Pulaski County Circuit Court before Judge Barry Sims. He faces charges of capital murder and aggravated robbery.

Fitzpatrick has been held without bail since he was arrested on March 16.

A preliminary plea of not guilty was entered for Fitzpatrick during a video arraignment in March in North Little Rock District Court.

Forty-year-old Salvation Army Maj. Philip Wise was shot to death in front of his three children on Dec. 24 after dropping off two bell ringers on the last day of the organization's fundraising campaign. Wise was originally from Weirton, W.Va.

Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper says two men accosted Philip Wise and his children - ages, 4, 6 and 8 - on Thursday. He says one man pulled a gun, demanded money and then shot Wise.

Wise's wife, Cindy, was inside the center and called 911.

Philip Wise was picking up his wife to drive to his mother's home in West Virginia.

He was originally from Weirton, W.Va., and his wife, Cindy, was from Charleston, W.Va.

Wise had worked in the neighborhood for three years, helping run youth programs, a food pantry and church services.

Captain Bob Mullins with the Salvation Army in Huntington tells WSAZ.com that Wise was formerly stationed in St. Albans, W.Va.