(AP) – The man accused of fatally shooting a 3-year-old boy
in a road-rage incident in Little Rock has pleaded not guilty by reason of
mental disease or defect.
An attorney for Gary Eugene Holmes entered the plea Thursday. He’s accused of
fatally shooting 3-year-old Acen (AY’-sin) King as the boy was riding in his
grandmother’s car on Dec. 17.
Holmes’ attorney, Ron Davis, requested a mental evaluation for his client, and
a May 15 hearing has been set to discuss the results.
Davis told reporters that Holmes does not admit any guilt in the case.
The boy’s grandmother told police she had stopped at a stop sign in the rain
when a man honked his horn, then got out of his car and fired a gun, fatally
striking Acen.
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