Friday, June 27, 2008

Mental evaluation on tap for Memorial Middle School shooter

Judge David Mouton signed an order of transport Monday for Memorial Middle School shooter Thomas Gregory White, indicating that a mental evaluation to determine if he can assist with his own defense is either taking place or about to take place.

White, 15, was 13 and a seventh grader at Memorial when he took an assault rifle into the school, fired the weapon into the ceiling, and then pointed it at Principal Steve Gilbreth and tried to pull the trigger, according to police. The gun jammed.

White is charged with two counts of assault, and single counts of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, and attempted escape.

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