WACO, Texas (KWTX) - McLennan County District Attorney Josh Tetens announced Thursday his office will seek the death penalty against Nicolas Jaimes-Hernandez in the 2022 mass killings in McGregor, while a judge approved the DA’s office plan to conduct a mock trial in the capital murder case.

Jaimes-Hernandez, 37, made his first court appearance Thursday since the Sept. 29, 2022, incident in McGregor that left five dead and two wounded.

Deputies wheeled Jaimes-Hernandez into court in a wheelchair and he made an obscene gesture toward KWTX chief photographer Bradley Vaughn on his way into the courtroom.

The Mexican national has been paralyzed from the waist down since he was shot by police officers. He spent four months in a state mental hospital after he was found incompetent to stand tr

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