A lawyer says a Tennessee judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a man charged with trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun and firing it at a contractor there before he was shot by police
FILE - A Memphis Police officer walks on the scene of a shooting at Margolin Hebrew School, July 31, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. A Tennessee judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a man charged with trying to enter the Jewish school with a gun and firing it at a contractor there before he was shot by police, his defense lawyer said Tuesday, Aug. 22. MEMPHIS, Tenn.
Police said Bowman went on July 31 to Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South school in Memphis with a gun and tried to get inside, but he was denied entry. Class was not in session, but there were limited staff and construction workers there at the time., police said Bowman — who had attended the school — walked around its exterior and fired two shots at the contractor, who was not hit.
Forensic specialists will determine whether Bowman is competent to stand trial and whether he was insane at the time of the alleged offense, Wood said. The judge set a September hearing to address findings from the evaluation.
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