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Saturday 10 June 2017
Kansas man accused of hate crime in death of Indian citizen

By MARGARET STAFFORD Olathe, Kansas, comes intervene. March said Madasani told and planning, attempted
Associated Press after a Feb. 22 shooting The shooting raised fears detectives that the gun- to kill more than one per-
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — at Austin’s Bar and Grill in of more attacks on immi- man asked if their “sta- son and created a grave
A man accused in a bar Olathe, Kansas. Witnesses grants following President tus was legal” before he risk of death to others at the
shooting in suburban Kan- have said Purinton, who is Donald Trump’s election opened fire. scene. The indictment also
sas City that left one Indian white, yelled “get out of my and his push for a ban The indictment announced accuses Purinton of violat-
national dead and anoth- country” at two 32-year-old on immigrants from some Friday alleges Purinton shot ing federal firearms laws.
er wounded was indicted Indian nationals, Srinivas countries. Officials in India the two Indian men be- After the shooting, Purinton
by a federal grand jury on Kuchibhotla and Alok Ma- also expressed concern cause of their “actual and drove 70 miles east to an
hate crime charges, the dasani, before he began about their citizens’ safety perceived” race, color, re- Applebee’s restaurant in
U.S. Justice Department shooting. Kuchibhotla died in the U.S., where many ligion and national origin. Clinton, Missouri, where
announced Friday. and Madasani was injured. work in technology and The indictment also alleges he allegedly admitted the
The indictment against A third man, Ian Grillot, was other industries. Purinton committed the shootings to a bartender,
Adam Purinton, 52, of wounded when he tried to An affidavit released in crimes after premeditation who called police.q
Doctor pleads no contest to killing Yale physician

By DAVE COLLINS Supreme Court. fellow at the Yale School of
Associated Press “It’s a fair resolution of a Medicine who was working
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A very complex case,” said with the infectious disease
doctor charged with killing Wang’s public defender, section of Yale-New Haven
a Yale University physician Thomas Ullmann. “The com- Hospital.
over a workplace dispute petency issue poses some On Monday, Judge Thom-
pleaded no contest Fri- real dilemmas in terms of as O’Keefe Jr. ruled Wang
day to lesser charges and defense strategy and how competent to stand trial
agreed to serve 32 years in the state approaches the but rejected his request
prison. Lishan Wang, a Chi- case.” to act as his own lawyer.
nese citizen from Beijing, If the case had gone to tri- The judge also continued
was charged with murder al, an insanity defense was his previous order to medi-
for the 2010 killing of Dr. likely, Ullmann said. cate Wang against his will.
Vajinder Toor and with at- Wang said little in court Wang’s lawyers have said
tempted murder for shoot- Friday, only answering he has delusional disorder
ing at Toor’s pregnant wife, questions from a judge on and paranoia.
who wasn’t hurt, outside whether he understood the O’Keefe ruled Wang in-
the couple’s home in Bran- plea deal and its ramifica- competent in 2015 and or-
ford. tions. He will remain under dered the forced medica-
Wang, 51, pleaded to re- the forced medication or- tion to see if he could be-
duced charges of man- der and confined at the come competent to stand
slaughter, attempted as- state’s maximum-security trial. Wang previously insist-
sault and gun crimes dur- psychiatric hospital until ed he was competent and
ing a hearing in New Haven sentencing. didn’t need medication.
Superior Court. Sentencing Authorities said the shoot- He represented himself in
is set for Sept. 22. ing appeared to stem from the case for several years.
The pleas ended seven a 2008 workplace dispute Wang’s public defend-
years of legal battles over Wang had with Toor and ers appealed the forced
Wang’s competency and other doctors when they medication order, saying
his wish to represent him- worked together at Kings- it violated his constitution-
self. Wang has been under brook Jewish Medical Cen- al rights to a fair trial and
a judge’s order to be forc- ter in New York City. Wang mental and physical bodily
In this April 27, 2010 photo, Lishan Wang stands during arraign- ibly medicated against his was fired from the medical integrity. But the state Su-
ment in New Haven Superior Court in New Haven Conn. Wang, will for mental illness so he center that year after a se- preme Court upheld the rul-
charged with killing a Yale University physician over a work- can remain competent to ries of confrontations with ing, and the U.S. Supreme
place dispute, pleaded no contest to lesser charges on Friday,
June 9, 2017, and agreed to serve 32 years in prison. stand trial — an issue that Toor and other colleagues. Court declined to hear the
(Douglas Healey/New York Post via AP, Pool) went all the way to the U.S. Toor was a postdoctoral case.q
Teen in texting-suicide case researched suicide methods

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — charged in Roy’s July 2014 kill him in his sleep, Ver- officer from Roy’s home- defense started calling wit-
The Massachusetts teen- death. Carter, now 20, ronneau said in Taunton town to the stand. nesses after Judge Law-
ager prosecutors say was was 17 when the 18-year- juvenile court. On cross- Mattapoisett Patrolman rence Moniz denied Catal-
coaxed by text messages old Roy died of carbon examination by prosecu- Justin King said he found do’s motion for a directed
from his girlfriend into kill- monoxide poisoning in tor Katie Rayburn, Verron- Roy with a swollen and cut verdict of not guilty, a stan-
ing himself had researched his pickup truck in a store neau acknowledged that face once while respond- dard legal procedure. The
suicide online, a defense parking lot in Fairhaven. he also found family photos ing to an assault report. prosecution has rested.
witness testified Friday. Ste- She is charged with invol- on Roy’s devices in which Both witnesses appeared to The case is being heard
ven Verronneau, a foren- untary manslaughter. Roy he could be perceived as back assertions by Carter’s without a jury in juvenile
sic investigator with MWV googled “suicide by cop,” happy. attorney, Joseph Cataldo, court because of Carter’s
Multi-Media Forensics, said visited a website that ex- He also said Carter had that Roy had long contem- age at the time of Roy’s
he had analyzed the com- plained “Easy, quick and likely deleted some mes- plated suicide and was de- death. She was charged as
puters and phones owned painless ways to commit sages from her phone she pressed partly because of a juvenile offender, which
by Conrad Roy III as well suicide,” and researched had sent to Roy.The de- physical and verbal abuse could subject her to adult
as Michelle Carter, who’s which medications would fense also called a police from family members. The punishment if convicted.q