By Janice Morse
The Cincinnati Enquirer

HAMILTON - Tom West, accused of killing two men and wounding three others at a trucking company last fall, will undergo a second evaluation to see whether he's competent to stand trial, a judge ordered Tuesday.

Butler County Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth had ordered West competent to stand trial five months ago, but West's attorneys argued the first evaluation was flawed because West had been uncooperative.

West is now cooperating with professionals who see signs that he suffers from serious mental illness that would prevent him from assisting in his own defense or understanding the proceedings against him, said attorney Chris Pagan.

Spaeth set a June 8 hearing where he will consider results of the second competency evaluation. A second hearing is set for June 25. West's trial is set to begin July 19, his 51st birthday.

Evidence of mental illness reportedly surfaced as professionals tried to determine whether they thought West was insane at the time of the Nov. 6 shooting spree at Watkins Motor Lines Inc. in West Chester Township.

West faces two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Donald Haury, 50, of Beavercreek, and Bob Lines, 65, of Springfield Township; and four counts of attempted aggravated murder.

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