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The trial of a Bowling Green man accused of murder has been confirmed after he refused to participate in an evaluation.
Xiaosong Wang, 63, was transported from the jail Thursday to the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman for the purpose of a not guilty by reason of insanity hearing.
In May, Kuhlman had received the report from the Court Diagnostic and Treatment Center stating Wang was deemed competent and was capable of understanding the charges against him and aiding in his defense.
At that time, Wang was referred for a not guilty by reason of insanity evaluation.
“Mr. Wang, according to the examiner, was not willing to participate in the evaluation,” Kuhlman said Thursday.
Defense attorney Sara Roller withdrew the NGRI she filed and asked to confirm the trial date.
Mandarin interpreter Qun Wu attended the hearing via video.
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 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.
Aggravated murder carries a maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole, although it can also carry a life prison term with parole possibilities after a specified number of years.
Murder charges carry a penalty of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years.
Attempted murder charges are first degree felonies that carry a maximum 11-year prison sentence each.
Felonious assault charges carry a maximum sentence of eight years in prison.
The possession of criminal tools charges each carry a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison. The specification that Wang used a firearm, only one of which he could be sentenced on, would add a mandatory three years to any other sentence he would serve.
The trial date was confirmed for Sept. 9-18.
Wang remains in jail on a $3 million bond.
