A man accused of the shooting death of a coworker at a U.S. Post Office facility in Missouri City in December will be evaluated by a forensic psychologist to determine if he is mentally competent.
At a hearing on Friday, 434th District Court Judge Christian Becerra granted a defense motion to use state funds to hire a psychologist by the defense attorney of Derrick Deon Lott, Jr., who was arrested December 9 after the late-night fatal shooting of Kevin Hines at the mail processing center off of U.S. 90.
Lott, 24, of Humble, has been held in the Fort Bend County Jail on a $2 million bond since shortly after his arrest.
According to an addendum to a probable cause affidavit sworn to bye two Missouri City police detectives, Fort Bend County Medical Examiner Stephen Pustilnik determined that Hines died of a single gunshot to the back of his head.
Since the shooting, authorities have been largely silent about the investigation, including any possible relationship between Lott and Hines. According to media reports, Hines was an out-of-state contractor who was assigned to the Missouri City facility.
