Cbs4s jamie leary live at the Arapahoe County courthouse this morning as we follow the process,. Reporter good morning, you know weve been following this case very closely. This morning, is the arraignment for Ken Lyons Kevin Lyon asks typically the defendants make a plea and in the case of the 46yearold, he will likely make a plea; theres been a lot of talk of making a plea of not guilty. By reason of insanity. Now additionally in this case, the District Attorneys Office notifying lyons defense team that it is considering seeking the Death Penalty. It was the decision at as a surprise to his counsel at the last hearing in mild august and mild august and caused a delay until now. He faces 12 felonies for the april 4th shootings including first degree murder. His Mental Health has been a question since the shootings and continue to be a focal point after multiple strange outbursts in court. Now back in juan, he was june. He was deemed competent to proceed with the scheduled hearings. Th
And actually caused the hearing this mornings arraignment to be delayed until this morning. Now that defense team for 46 yearold kevin lyons has to weigh every plea option against the possibility of the Death Penalty which is why it took them so long to get to this arraignment this morning. A recent motion filed suggests that they are considering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Kevin lyons Mental Health has been called into question ever since the ri after several outburrs in the courtroom. He was deemed competent to proceed with the hearing and this morning, his defense team will likely present arguments the as to why they believe he is noeligle for the Death Penalty. Now lyons is being charged with 12 different felonies including homicide after deliberation. He also is being charged with four counts of attempted homicide excuse me five counts of attempted homicide after deliberation on a peace that he shot in his neighborhood on april 4th. So a lot going on this morning.
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Todd penny. Police say he was shot more than once. Whats unclear is that he was shot while driving or before getting into his car. Witnesses say police state in the area for about six hours processing the scene. Right now police say they are working on developing leads but need the publics help. So far people we talked to hear say the only thing they sought was the aftermath of something unusual for this area. That hasnt been any violence in this neighborhood. Certainly its concernin its all a mystery right now what actually took place. Back out here life, another look at the damage caused to his property. If you know anything, Lakewood Police want to hear from you. That number is 303977111 well have much more on this at nine. Possible hate crime at a local elementary school. Sometime friday night or early saturday morning, and orange swastika was spraypainted on the doors of Isabella Bird Community School in stapleton. With the words die dj can. Griffey was also painted on the playgro