Documents detailing the New London Police Department's case against Shaquan Seales in a fatal shooting will remain sealed while he and his attorney continue to discuss whether to have a probable cause hearing.

Seales, 21, who indicated in court that his full name is Shaquan Lee-Seales, was charged last month with fatally shooting 29-year-old Gilberto Olivencia in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Grand Street on Dec. 10, 2015.

As a defendant in a murder case, Lee-Seales is entitled within 60 days of his arrest to a hearing at which the state would call witnesses and present information to Superior Court Judge Hillary B. Strackbein in an effort to convince her there is enough evidence to prosecute him.

During Lee-Seales' court appearance Thursday, defense attorney Sebastian O. DeSantis said the defense is waiving the time limit and that he and Seales would continue to discuss whether or not to have the probable cause hearing.

At the request of prosecutor Paul J. Narducci, who said the interests of some witnesses may be endangered if details of the case are released to the public, the judge ordered the arrest warrant affidavit sealed at least until Lee-Seales' next court date, which is Sept. 8.

Lee-Seales, handcuffed and dressed in a neon orange prison jumpsuit, smiled at a group of family members in the gallery. They told him, "We love you, Sha," as he was led back to the lockup area, and he responded, "Love you, too."

The victim's mother and other family members sat with Victim Advocate Beth Ann Hess on the other side of the courtroom.

Olivencia, 29, the father of several children, was fatally shot in the chest in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Grand Street. Police said they responded to reports of multiple gunshots shortly before 11 p.m. that night and found him on the front porch of 8 Grand St.

Lee-Seales is charged with murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, illegal discharge of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit and first-degree robbery in the Olivencia case. Police said he was in possession of a stolen firearm when they arrested him on June 3 and charged him additionally with stealing a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit and tampering with evidence.

He has been incarcerated in lieu of $1 million, cash or surety, but the judge on Thursday changed the bond to $249,000, cash only, at the request of DeSantis, who indicated his client would not be posting the bond, but that it would enable the Department of Correction to transfer him to a facility where it would be easier for DeSantis to visit him and discuss the case. 

Lee-Seales is being held at the Northern Correctional Institution, the state's highest security prison, in Somers.

Narducci did not object to the bond modification, but asked the judge to order that if Lee-Seales attempted to post the bond, he would have to do it in court and that the state would have the right to object.

Also Thursday, Strackbein granted the state's request to take another DNA sample from Lee-Seales. DeSantis said police already had taken DNA from Lee-Seales, who has nothing to hide and was willing to give more.

k.florin@theday.com