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The man accused of fatally shooting another man in the Brownsville Public Library has ben ruled incompetent to stand trial, court records show.
Humberto Paz was arrested on May 11, 2024 after police say he shot and killed 71-year-old Vahid Khaledi. Both men allegedly got into a verbal alteration at the library, located at 2600 Central Blvd.
The Brownsville Police Department previously said they found a weapon on Paz at the library, and arrested him on charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
On Monday, Paz was deemed incompetent to stand trial.
“[Paz] does not have the sufficient present ability to consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding; or a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him,” court documents state.
In a social media post, Brownsville Police Department Public Information Officer Abril Luna said mental health called were made to police but that there had been no indications he was a threat.
Court documents state Paz will be transferred to a mental health facility or residential care facility “for further examination and treatment toward the specific objective of attaining competency to stand trial.”
The man accused of fatally shooting another man in the Brownsville Public Library has ben ruled incompetent to stand trial, court records show.
Humberto Paz was arrested on May 11, 2024 after police say he shot and killed 71-year-old Vahid Khaledi. Both men allegedly got into a verbal alteration at the library, located at 2600 Central Blvd.
The Brownsville Police Department previously said they found a weapon on Paz at the library, and arrested him on charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police confirmed Paz had a history of mental health issues, and that he had posted conspiracy theories against the federal government on the day of the shooting before he went to the library. 
In one posting, he stated a conspiracy theory that: "Since 1910, Tejas has been injuring the scout boys, Scout girls, and Girl Scouts, because Austin Tejas has been abusing the military federal command system. They have been abusing the military federal command system.
"They have been abusing of the parental control area of the brain with their encephalitis, as you have noticed many of those so-called aren't uniform service members have they attempt to code to a military law with their encephalitis, those extreme organisms that thrive on the extremes are pussing the brain of innocent scouts, boys and girls, teens, young adults, adults, etc. with their intentions of criminal terroristic to be the fungus."
And: "The bacteria thrives in the extremes that is always attempting to hijack the brain with their pussing swells the brain eventually kill the organism....Cycle repeats they have a molecular language that is infected with pussing because it is fungus that they have tattooed on the dermis."
“[Paz] does not have the sufficient present ability to consult with his attorney with a reasonable degree of rational understanding; or a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him,” court documents state.
In a social media post, Brownsville Police Department Public Information Officer Abril Luna said mental health called were made to police but that there had been no indications he was a threat.
The fatal shooting led Texas State District 38 Representative Erin Gamez to introduce a bill this legislative session to give communities the right to prohibit firearms in libraries in municipalities and counties across the state.
“I’m thrilled to share that I have filed my initial round of bills for the upcoming legislative session. These bills were developed in collaboration with various community stakeholders," she said.
"I believe these initiatives will make a positive difference in our community and across our great state. In order to enhance safety and accessibility for all members of our community, I am introducing the following bill(s)."
HB 1138: was filed in response to the tragic shooting incident at the Brownsville Public Library last May. It empowers municipalities and counties to prohibit firearms in libraries they establish and operate.
HB 1138: was filed in response to the tragic shooting incident at the Brownsville Public Library last May. It empowers municipalities and counties to prohibit firearms in libraries they establish and operate.
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Panic-stricken parents and children fled from library at the time of the shooting.
19 comments:
if he can handle a pistola he can stand trial. PERIOD!!!
The legal system; The bigger the crime, the less time!!! A dead witness, the best witness!!!!
Erin Gamez is a reactionist. HB 1138 is a bill that she reacted to in order to take advantage of a tragedy for her political help.
Texas is gun carry state. Now if tomorrow someone gets killed in a local restaurant, is she going to file another bill specific to restaurants? How about another for a car wash, supermarket or movie theater? Playing on emotions …. I wonder if she would have filed the bill if the murderer would have contracted her law firm.her law firm
DA who? we ain't got no f*** DA here.
GO BANANAS AND start shootin' everybody.
My therapist wonders: How are his conspiracy theories any different than RFKS jr , Margorie Taylor Greenes, Herschel Walkers etc and they’re in government??? And like 7:48 says, if he was able to obtain and use weapon, he should stand trial and be held accountable. So its ok to shoot and kill somebody as long as you talk nonsense and act crazy?? Crazy world we live in
Please tell me how a bill preventing someone from bringing in a gun to the library could have prevented this. Criminals don’t follow laws right. So how is this bill going to help?
Who made the determination that he was not fit to stand trial ?
I would like to see the City of Brownsville support the bill Gamez filed. You think Helen wants weapons at City properties? What will the City Attorney say? Will Mayor Cowen come out with a statement opposing Representative Gamez's bill.
Your mother.
TU MAMA
EXCEMPT FROM PROSECUTION (only if they shoot and kill someone) PEOPLE THAT ARE CRAZY. that means half of browntown citizens including all mojados.
yell, bang bang, and see what happens pendejo!!
looks more like somebody cut a cheese.
Of course he is crazy. He can't stand try because everything would be going over his head. Don't be surprised if he doesn't remember what he did. He is off the deep end.
It will.create sitting ducks in public libraries
Guns deter guns protect
I will carry mine to church the mall.public libraries and any event with mass gatherings not part of a school
Lately we've been living in a world where what's WRONG is RIGHT, and what's RIGHT is WRONG.
The killer was a walking local crazy person like many others. He had a job, he had a computer, he had friends, he had a family, he had a good childhood, he joined the military. He escaped the justice system but he will be punished one day.
VA dropped the ball.
Hindsight is 20/20.
But he should have been placed in a sanitarium.
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