MURRIETA (CNS) - A man accused of gunning down a 37-year-old
acquaintance in his car in East Hemet, then leading law enforcement on a brief
pursuit, pleaded not guilty today to murder and other offenses.Bryan Paul Goetter, 43, of East Hemet, was arrested and booked into
the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside last month following an investigation into
the death of Matthew Allen Lunsford.Along with murder, Goetter is charged with felony evading, carrying a
semiautomatic firearm onto a public school campus and sentence-enhancing gun
and great bodily injury allegations.The defendant was arraigned before Riverside County Superior Court
Judge Elaine Kiefer, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Tuesday
at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.The defendant is