A 55-year-old man has been found mentally unfit to face criminal charges in the killing of a tourist from Montana and the wounding of another man in a March shooting on a double-decker bus on the Strip.
Rolando Cardenas said nothing in court Friday as a judge ruled him mentally incompetent, suspended the case and sent him to a state mental health facility for treatment.
Authorities have said Cardenas showed signs of having mental problems after his arrest March 25 following the shooting on the bus.
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Cardenas told investigators he was unemployed and homeless and opened fire because he wanted to scare a man who sat near him.
Defense attorney Will Ewing declined to comment.
The victim who died was Gary Breitling of Sidney, Montana.