Crime & Safety
Taxi Driver Declared Incompetent to Stand Trial
An Alexandria Circuit Court judge has found Kashif Bashir not competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting officer Peter Laboy.
The taxi driver charged with shooting Alexandria police officer Peter Laboy has been found incompetent to stand trial, according to a Thursday ruling by an Alexandria Circuit Court judge.
Alleged shooter Kashif Bashir, 27, will undergo mental health treatment.
He is accused of shooting Laboy in the head Feb. 27 when the officer pulled over the Alexandria Yellow Cab Bashir was driving near Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy in Old Town.
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Laboy has undergone several surgeries and is back in his Alexandria home undergoing additional therapy.
Bashir, of Woodbridge, Va., suffers from auditory hallucinations and other mental health issues, according to his defense attorneys, NBC Washington reported.
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Bashir is facing one count of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer, one count of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
A review of the case has been set for Jan. 9, 2014.
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