Alleged Fort Lauderdale airport shooter refusing his medication, judge says
Source: The Sun-Sentinel
The man accused of killing five people and injuring six others in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale's international airport is refusing to take medication prescribed to him in prison, a judge said Friday.
Esteban Santiago, 26, has pleaded not guilty to 22 federal charges linked to the airport shooting spree, including several that carry a maximum punishment of life in prison or the death penalty.
The U.S. Marshals Service told U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom that Santiago, an Iraq war veteran with a history of mental health problems, was declining to take a psychotropic medication, which they declined to identify. The psychiatric condition being treated was not revealed in court.
One of Santiago's lawyers, Assistant Federal Public Defender Eric Cohen told the judge he would talk to Santiago about that but said he didn't need the judge to intervene at this stage.
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By Paula McMahon
FEBRUARY 3, 2017, 10:49 AM