The man charged in a suspected DUI hit-and-run crash that killed a Smith Middle School student will undergo competency evaluations following a motion made by his lawyer in court on Tuesday.

Defense attorney Joseph Gersten, during a preliminary hearing in Justice Court, asked Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure to temporarily halt the court proceedings for his client, Oh’Ryan Brooks, until he can be determined mentally fit.

Bonaventure ordered the request, sending Brook’s case to the competency court. The judge said that medical staff would visit Brooks at the Clark County Detention Center before his next court date in November.

“I will enter a finding that doubt has arisen as to the competence of the defendant,” Bonaventure said. “I will order these proceedings suspended until that que

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