EXTON COMPETENT

MATTHEW EXTON, THE MAN ACCUSED OF WALKING INTO A DOWNTOWN TOLEDO RESTAURANT AND TRYING TO SHOOT HIS EX, IS COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.
EXTON HAD PREVIOUSLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. JUDGE GARY COOK SAYS A DOCTOR DETERMINED EXTON WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE WRONGFULNESS OF HIS ACTIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. EXTON IS ACCUSED OF WALKING INTO SABIRIA IN DOWNTOWN TOLEDO AND TRYING TO FIRE A GUN AT HIS EX IN APRIL. POLICE SAY THE GUN FAILED TO DISCHARGE BECAUSE IT STILL HAD THE SAFETY ON. HE WAS THEN TACKLED BY PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT. AFTER HE WAS DETERMINED CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING TRIAL EXTON PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE AND THREE COUNTS OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT HE IS FACING.