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By Keith Coffman
January 31, 2018
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Adams County District Judge Ted Tow granted a request by lawyers for Scott Allen Ostrem to have him mentally evaluated, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Dave Young said in a statement.
Ostrem’s lawyers declined to comment on the case.
Ostrem, 47, who has been held without bond since his arrest, is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and 30 counts of attempted murder for the shooting spree inside a Walmart in the Denver suburb of Thornton.
Police said Ostrem walked “nonchalantly” into the store and opened fire, killing Pamela Marques, 52, Carlos Moreno, 66 and Victor Vasquez, 26.
No other shoppers or workers were injured in the shooting, but prosecutors charged him with attempted murder for discharging his weapon inside the crowded store with “extreme indifference.”
Ostrem fled the scene and was arrested outside his suburban Denver apartment the following day after authorities identified him and his car from images captured by the store’s surveillance cameras.
Young told Reuters after an earlier court hearing that he would take into account the wishes of the victims’ families, among other considerations, before deciding whether to pursue capital punishment in the case.
Separately, Ostrem has asked the judge to have his lawyers removed from the case so he can represent himself, a court official said.
Under Colorado’s competency statute, a judge must make a legal finding on whether a defendant is fit to stand trial after mental health professionals conduct an examination.
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The Colorado Court of Appeals this month upheld a lower court’s ruling that authorities could forcibly medicate Dear in an effort to restore him to competency.
Ostrem is due back in court in April for a review hearing, the district attorney’s office said.
Reporting by Keith Coffman; Editing by Peter Cooney
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-crime/mental-exam-ordered-for-suspect-in-colorado-walmart-triple-slaying-idUSKBN1FK3ET
Ya know this article really brings out the best or worse of how to treat these reckless criminals, Me I am all for public executions, I see it as a cure to those who seek to do harm to others for no other reason than the Voices in their heads, I want public visual of the cost of one's crimes and could give a Hefty Shit about wasting my and fellow Coloradans on housing these cretins on the public's tax dollars, some say: Intravenous application is inhumane... I ask: and how the Fuck do you feel about the families this demon, whose lives have been changed forever feel!!! Should we go back to public hanging or execution by gun fire??? Either way, I think it is time to show these Lunatics what their final solution will be, and yes, for Friends and Family as well as those whose lives have changed forever get to see the last Punishment of those who have served their fellow citizens in an unmost practical manner... Take Nathan Dunlap for instance, this Piece of Shit has been on death row for what 18 years??? My Tax Dollars at work??? Fuck That!!! A bullet in his head would have saved the people of Colorado MILLIONS other than to house this Criminal POS!!!
Sometimes it seems that politics can change the news at Hand???
So I ask, what is Your opinion???
#capitalpunishment #denvercolorado #johnhickenlooper #nathandunlap #ScottAllenOstrem
