Trey Walker with his infant daughter. (Photo courtesy GoFundMe)

A Nov. 2 preliminary hearing has been set for a man charged with killing a young father and shooting another man in front of the Central Library in the East Village area in an argument about a stolen backpack.

The shooting took place May 23 around 12:15 p.m. outside the front entrance on Park Boulevard. Trey Walker, 20, was shot in the neck and later died. Another man, 24, was wounded and survived.

Kenneth Miguel Chaney, 22, has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder, and assault with a deadly weapon to a third victim who had a gun pointed at him but was not injured.

Chaney appeared virtually before San Diego Superior Court Judge Aaron Katz from the central jail. He was seated in a chair in jail clothing. His lawyer asked for reasonable bail, and that was denied, as Katz declined to set any bail for him.

Chaney later appeared before another judge in June to delay the preliminary hearing to Nov. 2.

The prosecutor said someone with Chaney stole a backpack and everyone in the group was trying to help the backpack’s owner get it back. Chaney pulled a gun and fired shots, which caused everyone to scatter, she said.

“Trey was raising his 10-month-old daughter, Ella, with his girlfriend, Perla, when he was murdered,” according to a statement on Walker’s GoFundMe page, which was set up to help pay for funeral expenses.

“Trey was a HERO and everyone needs to hear his story and bring justice to his name,” reads the GoFundMe page.

“He absolutely loved being a father,” said his sister, Jasmine Walker, in a KFMB-TV interview. “I’ve always told him he was an amazing dad,” she said.

“He should not have died,” she said.

“Trey enjoyed being the life of the party and loved to make everyone laugh,” said his GoFund Me page. “He had the biggest smile ever and the funniest laugh that you couldn’t help but laugh at when you hear it.

“He was a hardworking man who provided for his family. Trey did not deserve to be taken off this Earth,” the statement reads. “He had so many marks to make on this world and now that he’s gone, he didn’t have the opportunity to show the world who he really was.”

Chaney remains in the George Bailey Detention Facility.