So we all remember the day the guy shot 17 people in downtown Tuscaloosa right? Well, he may not remember but we have picutures of him doing it. INCREDIBLE!!!
(Here's the complete story from our friends at the Tuscaloosa News)
The man accused of opening fire at a downtown bar in July said that he doesn't remember the night of the shooting.
Nathan Van Wilkins was prescribed medication that he said made him suicidal, according to a letter he wrote to Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Brad Almond last month.
Wilkins, 45, is accused of using an assault-style rifle to fire at 18 people at the Copper Top bar in Temerson Square. He is suspected of shooting another man at a home in Northport about an hour earlier and of setting fire to his former workplace in Brookwood and a co-worker's home in Northport.
Wilkins stated that someone else wrote the letter to the judge because he only has a second-grade education.
The letter stated that Wilkins is unhappy with his court-appointed public defender, and asked the judge to appoint a different attorney. Wilkins requested a psychiatric evaluation from doctors at Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility.
“I'm awaiting trial for 19 counts of attempted murder and other charges that I have no memory of,” the letter states. “I've tried to explain to my attorney about my medication I was prescribed. Two of the medication I was taking have suicidal side effects. I do not understand that charges that I'm charged with my lawyer doesn't seem to want to work with me or hear what I've got to say. He keeps telling me I'm getting a life sentence. I feel like he's already got me convicted.”
Wilkins faces 68 charges in relation to the events of July 16 and 17. He has been held at the Tuscaloosa County Jail with bail set at $2 million since he turned himself in at a Jasper FedEx store on July 17.
Court records do not indicate any scheduled hearings. Almond has not yet responded to the Wilkins' requests.
