COLORADO SPRINGS — A judge found Thursday morning that Robert Lewis Dear Jr. remains incompetent to stand trial.
Thursday’s hearing was the first since Fourth Judicial District Chief Judge Gilbert Martinez found in May that Dear is not mentally capable of . Martinez accepted psychologists’ conclusions that Dear suffers from a delusional disorder and that his delusions — which he has held for decades — include that federal agents are out to get him.
Dear was not present for Thursday’s hearing, but is scheduled to attend a motions hearing on Nov. 17 to again review his competency. One of his public defenders said Dear is not competent to engage in a motions hearing.
Martinez also expressed concerns about taking Dear from the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo because it could interfere with his treatment. There is no timetable for when that process will be complete.
Late last month, Dear’s attorneys filed a motion asking the court while at the state hospital in Pueblo.
Dear faces 179 counts — including eight charges of first-degree murder — at the Colorado Springs clinic.
The 58-year-old is accused of opening fire in the clinic’s parking lot before storming inside with multiple guns. Before the five-hour standoff was over, three people were dead and nine others were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Police , , 29, and , 35, were killed in the attack.
Dear for the rampage in court outbursts and interviews with the media, calling himself
