Man suspected in deadly Silver Lake Trader Joe s shooting ruled competent to stand trial
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LOS ANGELES - A man accused of engaging in a gunfight with police that resulted in the death of an assistant manager at a Trader Joe s store in Silver Lake in 2018 was found competent Monday to stand trial.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench set a pretrial hearing for July 22.
Gene Evin Atkins, 31, has pleaded both not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to murder in the killing of Melyda Maricela Corado. He is. also facing charges of attempted murder, attempted murder of a peace officer, assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, kidnapping, fleeing a pursuing peace officer s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, grand theft of an automobile, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, false imprisonment of a hostage and mayhem.
Man suspected in deadly Silver Lake Trader Joe s shooting ruled competent to stand trial
Published article
LOS ANGELES - A man accused of engaging in a gunfight with police that resulted in the death of an assistant manager at a Trader Joe s store in Silver Lake in 2018 was found competent Monday to stand trial.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench set a pretrial hearing for July 22.
Gene Evin Atkins, 31, has pleaded both not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to murder in the killing of Melyda Maricela Corado. He is. also facing charges of attempted murder, attempted murder of a peace officer, assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, kidnapping, fleeing a pursuing peace officer s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, grand theft of an automobile, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, false imprisonment of a hostage and mayhem.
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday made the decision not to criminally charge two LAPD officers who accidentally fatally shot a Trader Joe’s store manager two years ago while trying to prevent an armed suspect from taking customers and staff hostage.
Melyda Maricela Corado, 27, died from a single gunshot wound when she was struck at the entrance of a Trader Joe’s in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles on July 21, 2018. A suspect, then 28-year-old Gene Evin Atkins, had allegedly shot his grandmother before leading police on a high-speed chase across the city, exchanging gunfire with officers multiple times before arriving in front of the grocery store.