Lionel Eaton Found Incompetent In Trial Over Good Samaritan's Shooting Death

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A court has found a man incompetent to stand trial in the shooting death of a St. Paul man who ran out of his home to respond to a multi-vehicle crash last September.

Court documents indicate 27-year-old Lionel Eaton was found incompetent due to mental illness.

Eaton is charged with second- and third-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Javier Sanmiguel.

The victim was shot as he and other residents responded to a crash that Eaton's car reportedly caused.

Eaton remains in custody as his mental health is monitored.

His next hearing is scheduled in April.

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