The man charged with killing five people in a racist shooting rampage last month in suburban Pittsburgh is not competent to stand trial, a psychiatrist testified. Dr. Christine Martone said Richard Scott Baumhammers suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Judge Lawrence O’Toole is waiting for a second doctor’s report before making a judgment on Baumhammers’ competency.
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