DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan ruled that a double homicide defendant is mentally competent to stand trial on Aug. 30.
Kevin Foster, 20, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the homicides of 23-year-old Dana Faulkner and 15-year-old Abdul Fuller that occurred on March 7, 2023. Faulkner was shot and killed on the 2700 block of Bruce Place, SE, and Fuller was shot and killed at the intersection of Mississippi Avenue and Wheeler Road, SE.
On July 16, Judge Raffinan ordered that Foster receive a full mental competency exam. A report written by a Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) doctor, dated Aug. 27, deemed Foster competent to stand trial.
Due to neither party having an objection to the finding, Judge Raffinan imposed the ruling and deemed him competent.
Parties are slated to reconvene Sept. 20.
