Jason Eaton, the man accused of shooting and wounding three Palestinian and Palestinian-American men in Burlington nearly a year ago, has been deemed competent to stand trial, according to the judge presiding over the case.

Jason Eaton, the man accused of shooting three Palestinian students almost a year ago, has been declared fit to stand trial.

Jason J. Eaton, 49, was deemed competent to stand trial by an evaluator who conducted a psychiatric evaluation.

A judge has found that the man charged with shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont last year is fit to stand trial.

The top prosecutor in Chittenden County says she doesn't expect to add hate crime charges against Jason Eaton, who is accused of shooting two Palestinian Americans and a Palestinian last year in Burlington.