GRETNA, La. (AP) - A man accused of killing three men by randomly firing at people in the New Orleans area over two weeks in 2019 has been found incompetent to stand trial.
The Times-Picayune’The New Orleans Advocate reports that Sean Barrette was found mentally incompetent for trial on Wednesday by state District Judge Scott Schlegel in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish.
Charges against Barrette include two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder.
Barrette’s attorney said Wednesday. that Barrette “appeared to be actively psychotic” as he was being interviewed by doctors.
Barrette is accused of firing indiscriminately at people in vehicles in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish.
Isai Francisco Caldalzo Sevilla, 22, was shot to death at an intersection in Metairie on June 17, 2019. The next night, Manuel Caronia, 45, and Nicky Robeau, 57, were killed as they rode together in a vehicle in Metairie.
Barrette also faces attempted first- and second-degree murder charges for allegedly shooting at other people. And ballistics evidence ties Barrette to the June 6, 2019, shooting death of a 61-year-old man in New Orleans, according to The Times-Picayune’The New Orleans Advocate. However, Barrette has not been charged in that case.
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