6/11/13 - Authorities say a new test shows that the only gunshot wound previously linked to the suspect in a string of shootings along Michigan's I-96 corridor came from a different gun. 44-year-old Wixom resident Raulie Casteel faces terrorism and other charges in two-dozen random shootings in a four-county area last October. Authorities have been including only one injury attack in the shooting spree - the Oct. 27 wounding of Scott Arnold of Delton as he drove on I-96 in Livingston County. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette said Monday that surgeons recently removed a bullet from Arnold. Joy Yearout says tests show it doesn't match Casteel's two guns. Casteel was never charged in Arnold's shooting and awaits trial in Livingston County on seven charges including terrorism that are being prosecuted by the Attorney Generalâs Office. He also faces 60 separate charges in Oakland County. Although Casteel was previously deemed competent to stand trial, he is undergoing an independent psychiatric examination at the request of his attorneys, who say he suffers from delusional disorder. Casteel is next due in court for a pre-exam conference August 16th in Livingston County Circuit Court. He is scheduled to go to trial in November in Oakland County Circuit Court on the charges there. (JK)
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