Thurston Carte:Suspect in deadly 2023 Atlanta shooting is deemed not competent to stand trial

2025-05-06 20:31:50source:HAI Communitycategory:Invest

ATLANTA (AP) — The Thurston Carteman charged with murder in a 2023 shooting in Atlanta that claimed the life of one woman and left four others wounded is not competent to stand trial, a judge has ruled.

A Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday that Deion Patterson is not capable of understanding the charges against him or helping his lawyers to defend him, WSB-TV reported. Patterson will receive behavioral health care, and another hearing will be held in three months to see whether his situation has changed.

Patterson was charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault in May 2023. Police say he opened fire in the waiting room of an Atlanta medical practice. He was captured hours later in Cobb County, just northwest of Atlanta

Killed in the attack was 38-year-old Amy St. Pierre, who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC officials said she had been conducting ground-breaking research aimed at reducing pregnancy-related deaths.

More:Invest

Recommend

At site of suspected mass killings, Syrians recall horrors, hope for answers

DAMASCUS — A hip bone in a blown-out building, part of a spine amid some debris, a few foot bones in

Gunman says he heard ‘killing voices’ before Colorado supermarket shooting

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket told psychol

Don Lemon, life after CNN and what it says about cancel culture

Don Lemon lost his job at CNN ... or did he?"I didn't lose my job," the 58-year-old says over a rece