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A Bowling Green man who allegedly shot and killed two people has been declared competent to stand trial.
An evaluation to determine if he is not guilty by reason of insanity has not been completed.
Xiaosong Wang, 63, was transported from the jail Thursday to the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman.
A Mandarin interpreter was used.
Kuhlman said he had received the report from the Court Diagnostic and Treatment Center stating Wang was capable of understanding the charges against him and aiding in his defense.
He said the not guilty by reason of insanity report had not been submitted.
“When the report comes in, we’ll have to decide how we will proceed from there,” said Wood County Prosecutor Paul Dobson.
A NGRI hearing was set for July 11 and Wang’s trial dates of Sept. 9-18 were confirmed.
Wang was indicted in September for the deaths of 40-year-old Bing Luan Lin and 36-year-old Zhichun Huang and the wounding of 44-year-old Renshuang Qiu.
The incident occurred Sept. 17 just after midnight on Monroe Court. Lin and Huang were two owners of the Bowling Green restaurant Ninja Hibachi Sushi Steak House and Qiu and Wang were employees there.
A dispute reportedly arose at the residence, where several restaurant employees lived. It is alleged that Wang fired a .45 caliber handgun, killing two and wounding a third.
Wang was indicted for two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, three counts of felonious assault, and two counts of possessing criminal tools.
He remains in jail on a $3 million bond.
