Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Jury selection took place Thursday in the homicide case against a Chester County man for the 2021 shooting death of a New Castle man who was found in a vehicle along a Muddy Creek Township roadside.

Paris Elias Carter, 28, of Downingtown, is facing trial in the May 17, 2021, death of David A. Hines, 38, of New Castle. The trial is scheduled to begin Monday, Nov. 16, in Butler County Common Pleas Court.

Carter, his brother Dante Carter, Hines and Tashane Henry — who was driving — were traveling to New Castle from Pittsburgh in a silver Jeep owned by Hines’ girlfriend, according to court records. Hines was in the front passenger seat. Paris Carter was in the seat behind the driver when he allegedly fired three shots at Hines’ head, striking him twice.

Henry pulled over and Paris Carter began driving. After driving a short time, he pulled over. However, the ground where he parked gave way and the Jeep was stuck there, according to the records.

Henry, along with Paris and Dante Carter, abandoned the Jeep with Hines’ body inside and left on foot. They went to a campground where Henry’s girlfriend picked them up and took them to Henry’s home, according to the records.

A passerby discovered Hines’ body in the still-running vehicle wedged into a hillside along Portersville Road in Muddy Creek Township.