Man charged in Elkhorn double homicide waives hearing [Video]

A man charged with killing two newlyweds in an Elkhorn bar this month made his first in-person court appearance on the case Tuesday.He was just a few feet away from the family members of the young couple he was accused of shooting to death. Routt, 57, is no stranger to a courtroom. He has spent much of his adult life in prison, convicted of burglary, arson, and battery cases. He was released in 2020. But those cases pale in comparison to the stark killings of bartender Gina Weingart and her husband Emerson on February 1 at the Sports Page Barr in downtown Elkhorn.Prosecutors say Routt shot Gina and Emerson in the head, took about $140 from the register and tried to kill the only other customer in the bar by shooting at her as she ran out, but she got away.Routt was arrested three days later. According to the criminal …