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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - 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 today 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 “Mely Maricela Corado. He is also facing 50 other counts, including 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
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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.
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A man accused of engaging in a gun battle with police that led to the accidental death of an assistant manager at a Trader Joe’s market in Silver Lake has been found competent to stand trial.
Gene Evin Atkins, 31, has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to murder in the July 2018 killing of Melyda Corado.
Officers had been chasing Atkins across the city, and he had fired on them numerous times during the pursuit, which police said began after he shot his grandmother.
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Atkins crashed his car into a lamppost outside the Trader Joe’s and fired three rounds at LAPD Officers Sinlen Tse and Sarah Winans, according to a memorandum. Tse and Winans returned fire, with eight shots in total. One round struck Atkins in the elbow, according to the document. Another fatally wounded Corado.
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.
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