Shooting suspect not fit for trial, evaluator says

Andrew Joseph Dennehy "is exhibiting psychotic symptoms that are marked by delusions of persecution, paranoid ideation and auditory hallucinations," according to the report of Curtis Grundy, a psychologist retained by the defense to evaluate Dennehy.

Grundy's report, filed Monday as a court document, recommends that Dennehy "be adjudicated as incompetent to stand trial and referred for inpatient psychiatric treatment" for competency restoration at the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Vinita.

He is now in the Tulsa Jail.

Grundy's report says Dennehy has explained that "the Freemasons and illuminati were conspiring to harm or kill himself and his parents" and that in response "he attempted to have himself killed by the police so that the illuminati and Freemasons would leave his parents alone."

A copy of the report is attached to an application for a determination of Dennehy's competency, filed by defense attorney Allen Smallwood.

The test for mental competency focuses on whether a defendant can appreciate the nature of the charges against him, consult with his attorney and rationally assist in preparing a court defense.

Grundy found that Dennehy, 24, can appreciate the nature of the charges but is not able to consult with his lawyer and rationally assist in preparing a defense.

An out-of-county assistant district attorney handling the case said prosecutors have the option of getting a different psychologist to evaluate Dennehy's competency.

The office of Brian Kuester, the district attorney for Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah and Adair counties, is prosecuting the Tulsa County case.

Jack Thorp, a prosecutor on Kuester's staff, said Grundy's report will be reviewed before it is decided whether another psychologist will evaluate Dennehy.

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Shooting suspect not fit for trial, evaluator says