ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – A prosecutor asked that a teen accused of plotting a mass shooting at Allegan High School undergo a competency evaluation.

The defendant, Mya Barron, 15, is charged as an adult.

“The people believe that a competency evaluation is warranted in this matter,” Jonathan Blair, an assistant Allegan County prosecutor, wrote in court documents.

“It is highly likely the defense will raise state of mind” as an issue, he said. “The same concerns that led to lodging (Barron at the Allegan County Juvenile Center) including, but not limited to personal safety, equally apply to a competency” evaluation.

He said that mental-health services should be ordered, too.

The case is before Allegan County District Judge Christopher Burnett. A motion hearing and probable-cause conference s

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