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Accused killer in Nevada church shooting competent for trial

Fallon, Nev. • A northern Nevada man accused of a shooting at a rural Latter-day Saint church that killed one man and wounded another during Sunday services has been ruled competent to stand trial.

KOLO-TV reports two psychologists testified Monday in Churchill District Court in Fallon that recent exams found John O'Connor competent to understand the process and charges against him.

O'Connor is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2018 killing of 61-year-old Charles "Bert" Miller, a longtime volunteer firefighter in Fallon. He's also accused of battery with a deadly weapon in the shooting of Miller's 64-year-old brother, Duane of Utah.