A judge ordered a psychologist to evaluate Matthew Purdy to see if he is competent to stand trial for the murder in in Fort Worth’s West 7th.
Barry Norman, a clinical psychologist, will attempt to form an opinion on whether 21-year-old Matthew Purdy is competent to stand trial and will submit a report to state District Judge Ruben Gonzalez, who last week ordered the examination.
A 21-year-old TCU student was fatally shot early Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in the 3000 block of Bledsoe Street. Amanda McCoyThe competency opinion was sought by David Owens, one of two attorneys appointed to represent Purdy. Owens suggested in a motion that Purdy may be incompetent to stand trial. A photo of TCU student Wes Smith sits on the edge of Frog Fountain on the campus of TCU before vigil for Smith on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, in Fort Worth. Smith was shot and killed in an apparently random act of violence in Fort Worth on Friday. Amanda McCoyPurdy told homicide detectives that he shot Smith in the stomach and shoulder, then in the back of the head when Smith fell to the ground. Purdy told detectives he wanted to “make sure he was dead,” according to an affidavit.
Purdy also hit a witness in the back of the head with a gun before running from the scene. Police found him in a Farrington Field parking lot.
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