RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Wake County educator who dedicated decades of her life to her students is being remembered Wednesday, while the man who faces charges connected to the Wake Forest shooting that killed her appeared in court.

18-year-old Dexter Mills, Jr. faces a murder charge in connection to the fatal shooting of former Rolesville High School principal Ericka Lucas .

Wake County teen faces a judge

Mills was assigned a public defender in court Wednesday, and a judge ordered that he be held without bond.

As previously reported, he also faces a charge for possession of a stolen firearm from Franklin County. It's not clear if that weapon was used in the fatal shooting on August 29th.

During his hearing, Mills tried speaking to several people in the audience. Some of them spoke

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