Criminal proceedings against the driver who allegedly attempted to run over two people outside a Los Angeles synagogue are suspended over the suspect’s mental competency.
Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, 32, a Seattle man born in Somalia who reportedly is a US citizen, was charged last week with two felony counts and a hate crime. He pleaded not guilty and is being held on $55,000 bail.
On Friday his public defender raised questions about his mental competency, the Los Angeles Times reports. A mental competency hearing is scheduled for December 14, according to the report.
Mohamed was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2015 and has been treated at mental health facilities in the Seattle area at least twice in recent years, the Times reports, citing medical records seen by reporters.
— JTA
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