BRUCE FOSTER TRIAL
IN CENTRAL OHIO, A VERDICT IS EXPECTED TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF BRUCE FOSTER, WHO STANDS ACCUSED OF A FATAL MASS SHOOTING IN NEW ALBANY.
FOSTER'S BENCH TRIAL LASTED 5 DAYS IN AUGUST. 14 WITNESSES TESTIFIED, INCLUDING SOME EMPLOYEES WHO SURVIVED. FOSTER PLEADED NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY TO AGGRAVATED MURDER, MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, FELONIOUS ASSAULT AND INDUCING PANIC. AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DOCTORS, HE WAS FOUND COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL. IF CONVICTED, BRUCE FOSTER FACES LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.