Colorado supermarket shooting suspect incompetent for trial

[Sherman A1]

DENVER (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at the state mental hospital to see if he can be made well enough to face prosecution.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 22, is accused of opening fire at a busy King Soopers in the college town of Boulder in March — killing a police officer, shoppers and several store employees.

District Attorney Michael Dougherty said four doctors have now determined that Alissa isn't mentally competent to participate in court proceedings. He requested that Alissa be sent to the state mental hospital for treatment.

Dougherty did not disclose why the experts determined that Alissa is not competent. Alissa's defense attorney, Kathryn Herold, said Friday her client has a “serious” mental illness but did not provide more details

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/colorado-supermarket-shooting-suspect-incompetent-for-trial

[bucolic_frolic]

1. He knew how to pull the trigger

He was competent enough then

[ck4829]

2. Must be pretty easy to do this in Colorado - Robert Lewis Dear, the Planned Parenthood shooter, has

also been found incompetent to stand trial - despite pleas from he himself that he wants to go to trial.