Trial date set for accused shooter of Warren County deputy

A jury trial date for Mohammed Laghaoui has been set for March 27, 2017 in Warren County Common Pleas Court.

Five days are scheduled for the trial in which Laghaoui faces charges in connection to an active shooter situation that triggered the lock down of a busy area of Warren County during a six-hour manhunt in June.

He faces 10 charges, including the attempted murder of a Warren County sheriff’s deputy, and charges alleging he also wounded his father and fired an assault rifle at a neighbor and into apartments in the complex in Landen where he and his family lived.

Pre-trial conference hearings are scheduled in January, February and March 2017.

In September, Gilb ruled Laghaoui was competent to stand trial, but the judge has yet to rule on whether he was insane at the time of the active-shooter incident. Deputy Katie Barnes and Abdessadek Laghaoui were wounded and a neighbor testified that he was shot at after encountering Mohammed Laghaoui while walking around the complex.

Authorities continue to search for the rifle allegedly used in the shooting. But they found ammunition for an automatic rifle, a passport, multiple cell phones and other computers and electronic devices they say could help them prove their case.

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