A court hearing scheduled for Monday for the suspect in the murder case of a transgender woman in Montgomery County was postponed for the time being.
LeBlond remains held without bond. He will stay in jail pending further action.
LeBlond is charged in the fatal shooting of Zella Ziona, 21, who also was called DeAndre Smith.
LeBlond and Ziona had some kind of relationship, and tension was simmering between the two, police have said. Prior to the shooting, Ziona had approached LeBlond in a shopping mall in front of LeBlond’s friends. The incident embarrassed LeBlond, police have said in charging documents.
According to police, on Thursday LeBlond waited behind a dumpster in an alley in the county’s Montgomery Village area. He knew that the victim would be coming into the alley, police say. LeBlond wore a monster mask over part of his face and came out from behind the dumpster and shot Ziona several times in the head and groin area, according to authorities.