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Oikos University accused One Goh unfit for trial | Oikos University accused One Goh unfit for trial |
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A man accused of killing seven people at a California Christian college has been deemed mentally unfit for trial. | A man accused of killing seven people at a California Christian college has been deemed mentally unfit for trial. |
Former Oikos University nursing student One Goh is alleged to have carried out the attack in Oakland in April 2012. | Former Oikos University nursing student One Goh is alleged to have carried out the attack in Oakland in April 2012. |
A judge accepted a defence argument that Mr Goh - who has pleaded not guilty - suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. | A judge accepted a defence argument that Mr Goh - who has pleaded not guilty - suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. |
The Oikos shootings were the deadliest on a US campus since a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007. | The Oikos shootings were the deadliest on a US campus since a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007. |
Judge Carrie Panetta ruled that Mr Goh should be sent to a California mental institution until he is competent to stand trial, with a review every 90 days. | |
At an earlier hearing, Mr Goh's lawyer, David Klaus, questioned his ability to stand trial, saying that the 43-year-old had suffered from schizophrenia for several years. | |
Mr Klaus and a fellow lawyer, both court-appointed, said they have had trouble talking with Mr Goh because of his mental state. | |
Prosecutors said Mr Goh was angry about being denied a tuition fee refund when he arrived at the college with a .45 calibre weapon. | |
Mr Goh is charged with seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for allegedly opening fire after he was unable to find a school administrator. |