A man charged in the Pottsville homicide in 2015 waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

Adriell Chambers, 42, appeared by video conference from the Schuylkill County Prison for what would have been a preliminary hearing in front of District Magistrate James Reiley.

Chambers is being held on criminal homicide and conspiracy to commit criminal homicide for the March 2, 2015, death of Dat Huynh, 32, also known as Mike.

Phong Tran, 41, of Philadelphia, is also charged with the killing. He remains at large.

Reiley asked Chambers if he wanted to have his case expedited before the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. Chambers said yes. He was represented by Assistant Public Defender Andrea Thompson and Jessica Kline, chief investigator.

Pottsville Police Captain Kirk Becker and state Deputy Attorney General Philip McCarthy represented the prosecution.

Near the end of the approximate 10-minute interaction Chambers told Reiley “Thank you. Peace and blessings.”

A statewide grand jury in May issued a statement about the death of Dat Huynh.

Huynh, who lived on West Norwegian Street in the city, died of a gunshot wound to the head and torso. Police were sent to the home at 12:31 p.m. after a woman said her boyfriend was killed. Police entered and found Huynh “lying on his right side with his face down in a pool of blood,” the document reads. He was pronounced dead at 4:57 p.m.

Huynh’s girlfriend said that Tran, the former boyfriend of the owner of the house, had once lived in the home. Neighbors told police that saw a black SUV across the street days before the homicide and on the day of the incident.

Police obtained a search warrant for the vehicle where they found $6,000. A search of the home yielded the following: $8,000 in missing jewelry and a bag from a safe that only three people knew the combination to, Tran being one of them.

Video near the home shows a person walking to the front door of the home at 11:32 a.m. Tran is seen on video arriving in a black Audi. At 11:44 a.m., two people are seem walking briskly from the home.

Cell data show the phones of Tran and Chambers were in Pottsville the day of the homicide, court documents said.

Chambers denied involvement with the homicide, claiming a “friend” was involved and told him what took place. He said his friend was asked to go with Tran but wasn’t provided the details. Tran threatened the friend with a gun when he found out and rode in a vehicle to the home where “things went bad,” according to documents.