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KALAMAZOO, MI -- The suspect in the Kalamazoo mass shooting intends to plead insanity.

Jason Brian Dalton's defense attorney, Eusebio Solis, will file a notice of intent to use insanity as a defense, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting said in a press conference following a pre-trial conference between Getting, Solis and Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Alexander C. Lipsey.

Following the motion, a judge will order the state's Center for Forensic Psychiatry of Ypsilanti to evaluate Dalton. The center for will have 60 days to complete its evaluation. Solis is expected to file the notice within the next seven days, Getting said.

A new status conference has been set for Aug. 15 as a "placeholder" date, Getting said.

Getting said the forensic center won't look at the same issues as the competency evaluation, which found Dalton competent to stand trial.

"This will be focused on Mr. Dalton's actions on the night of Feb. 20, 2016," Getting said. "The questions will be whether or not he was mentally ill, and if so, whether, as a result of that illness, he was able to substantially conform his conduct to the law or if he was unable to understand the wrongfulness of his actions."

Getting said after the evaluation is done, the state or the defense could request that a second, independent evaluation is done, or the case could go straight to trial.

Dalton, an Uber driver, is charged with a shooting rampage that left six people dead and two seriously injured Feb. 20 at three locations in Kalamazoo County.

Dalton, 45, of Cooper Township, is charged with six counts of murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and eight felony firearm counts. He was found competent to stand trial in April and was ordered to stand trial in May.

Getting said the case is likely to go to trial around the end of September or beginning of October, depending on whether a second evaluation is done. Getting said his intention is to try the case in Kalamazoo County, and to try to seat a fair and impartial jury here before moving the case elsewhere.

Emily Monacelli is a reporter for MLive.com. Email her at emonacel@mlive.com or follow her on Twitter.