A man accused of shooting his mental health caseworker to death at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in July says he wants to plead guilty. Richard Plotts is charged with the murder of Theresa Hunt.
A man accused of fatally shooting his caseworker and grazing his psychiatrist at a suburban Philadelphia hospital complex now says he wants to plead guilty.
Richard Plotts made the pronouncement while appearing via video feed at a scheduled hearing Tuesday in Delaware County Court.
The 49-year-old interrupted public defender Charles Williams and said he had a right to plead guilty.
Williams says he's working on a psychological evaluation encompassing two decades of Plotts' medical history and that a plea isn't likely.
Plotts is charged with murder and other offenses in the July shooting death of 53-year-old Theresa Hunt at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby.
Authorities say psychiatrist Lee Silverman crouched behind a chair, pulled his own gun and wounded Plotts.
Silverman was grazed in the temple and thumb.
