LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The man accused in the deadly Kroger shootings last year has been ruled incompetent to stand trial at this time.
Dr. Tim Allen with Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center took questions for over an hour about Gregory Bush's mental state based on his time at KCPC in the last month.
Judge Annie O'Connell decided that based on the evidence presented by Dr. Allen Bush could regain competency if on the proper medication. She ordered forced medication and Bush will be reevaluated in July 2019.
Dr. Allen testified that Bush has had three violent episodes while at KCPC in the last month. the most recent was four days ago when Bush apparently banged his head against a wall. Dr. Allen said on two other occasions Bush got into physical fights with other patients.
Bush is accused of shooting and killing two people at a Kroger store in Jeffersontown, Ky. in October 2018.
In November 2018, a grand jury returned a hate-crime indictment for Bush, believing the killings of Maurice Stallard, 69, and Vickie Jones, 67, to be racially motivated.
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