Another school shooting where psych drugs are involved

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A mental examination has been ordered for a teenager accused of shooting a classmate to death at Foss High School.

At the request of Pierce County prosecutors, Superior Court Judge Ronald E. Culpepper directed on Friday that Douglas S. Chanthabouly, 18, charged with first-degree murder in the attack on Samnang Kok, undergo a 15-day exam at Western State Hospital.

Kok was slain in a school hallway on Jan. 3. Police have written that there was some kind of dispute between the two teenagers.

Chanthabouly has pleaded innocent, and prosecutors told the judge that his lawyers have given notice of intent to present a mental health defense. Defense lawyer John David Chin said he had arranged for a private psychiatrist to evaluate the teenager.

According to court filings, Chanthabouly told a jail mental health expert in January that he is schizophrenic, takes anti-psychotic medication and was once admitted to a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide.