LISBON –The man identified as the alleged driver involved in the 2021 murder of Brycen Douglas in East Liverpool had his March 18 jury trial canceled, with a new status hearing set for 10:20 a.m. April 27.

Travis W. Kidder, 26, Bradshaw Avenue, East Liverpool, had his appearance waived during a status hearing Monday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton. His defense attorney, James Wise, represented him, waived his appearance and requested the continuance of the jury trial that was set for next week. No new date for a jury trial has been scheduled.

Kidder was originally charged with just a third-degree felony of obstructing justice for allegedly lying to investigators related to the murder, but then was served with a superseding indictment charging him with the obstructing count, along with aggravated murder and murder and two counts of complicity in the commission of an offense, all unclassified felonies, and three firearm specifications, all related to the shooting. 

He remains jailed under a $1 million cash or surety bond.

Douglas was just 20 years old at the time of his death and was sitting on a porch with some friends in East Liverpool’s east end on July 15, 2021 when he was shot.

One of the shooters in the case, Elvin “EJ” Tisdale, 35, was sentenced in June 2025 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for aggravated murder (with the murder charge merged for sentencing), plus an additional mandatory three years for a firearm specification and an additional three years for  having weapons under disability for being prohibited from having or using a gun due to a previous felony conviction for drugs.

His “cousin” Allen Tisdale, 26, was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison in July 2025 after testifying in the trial against EJ. He entered a guilty plea in May 2025 to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, and complicity to improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation, a second-degree felony. He was originally facing charges of aggravated murder and murder, but eventually told investigators what happened and agreed to testify as part of a plea deal.

He testified at EJ’s trial and said that EJ and Curtis Holland walked between two houses across the street from the porch in question and opened fire, hitting Douglas. Allan said he was the lookout and he identified Travis Kidder as the driver who brought them all to the area near Pennsylvania Avenue.

Curtis D. Holland, 30, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, identified by investigators as the second shooter, was charged with aggravated murder and murder, both unclassified felonies, a third-degree felony of having weapons while under disability and two firearm specifications. He’s accused of causing Brycen’s death and of using a weapon when he was prohibited from having or using a gun due to a previous drug conviction. His trial date isn’t set until Oct. 5, with a status hearing set for 11:30 a.m. April 2.