The case against 26-year-old Christian Taylor was put on hold today after Taylor told Judge Thomas Motley that he didn’t understand the charges against him or what was being done in court.
Taylor was in court to be arraigned on first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of 32-year-old Li-Jen Chih and his 59-year-old father, Ming-Kun Chih, killed during a robbery at their wholesale clothing business in Northeast D.C. last June. The Grand Jury has indicted Taylor on six counts of first degree murder in the case, as well as armed robbery and weapons possession charges. He declined to enter a plea.
“I’m not able to make a legal determination in this matter,” Taylor told the court. As he left the courtroom he added, “You all have a nice day and a wonderful weekend.”
Motley ordered a mental health screening for Taylor and scheduled a hearing for the results of that test for March 29 at nine a.m.
