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Jhon Alvaro Alarcon Paredes, accused of killing his friend, is deemed incompetent to stand trial.

He was charged with murder after a shooting occurred while allegedly "play fighting" in March 2024.

Paredes will undergo competency restoration at the Utah State Hospital; a review is set for January 2026.

MURRAY — A Midvale man charged with murder in the death of his teenage friend, whom he said he was "play fighting" with, has been deemed incompetent to stand trial.

Jhon Alvaro Alarcon Paredes, 21, was charged in April 2024 in 3rd District Court with murder, a first-degree felony; plus possession of a gun by a restricted person and obstruction of justice, second-degree felonies, in the shooting death of Josue David Magadan at a McDonald'

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