Accused Texas school shooter found incompetent to stand trial by three experts, lawyer says

Juan A. Lozano | Associated Press

HOUSTON – An attorney said a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school last year was declared incompetent to stand trial by three experts.

The determination means Dimitrios Pagourtzis' trial will be delayed. It had been set to begin in February.

Nick Poehl, one of Pagourtzis' attorneys, said Monday that he expects a formal court order declaring his client incompetent this week.

Pagourtzis will be sent to a state mental health facility for four to six months.

Poehl said prosecutors will go along with the experts' findings.

A spokesman for the Galveston County District Attorney's Office didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

Pagourtzis is charged with capital murder in the Santa Fe High School attack that also wounded 13 people.

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