Man accused of shooting at Hastings Police deemed not competent to stand trial

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - An Adams County District Court judge ruled Monday that a man involved in a September shooting with Hastings Police is not competent to stand trial.

At Monday’s hearing, a judge ruled in favor of the evaluation and said that 34-year-old Anthony Mattison was not competent to stand trial.

Mattison was supposed to be transported to Lincoln Regional Center but there is no bed available so he’s currently being housed with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services in Lincoln.

Mattison’s competency will be re-evaluated every 60 days to see if he’s fit to stand trial.

Court documents show that an examination ordered last year by Mattison’s attorney indicated that he was unfit to stand trial. The Adams County Attorney, who was prosecuting the case, asked for another evaluation and a judge ordered that another one be conducted in January.

Mattison has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges in the case: two counts of attempted second-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree assault on an officer, two counts of terroristic threats, two counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine.

The charges stem from a shooting back on Sept. 27. The arrest affidavit with more details on what exactly happened has been sealed, but what we do know is that a shooting took place with multiple Hastings Police officers involved, with two officers firing their weapons, according to a press release from HPD. Adams County Attorney Donna Fegler Daiss said after the incident that Mattison fired a weapon. She couldn’t say at the time if it was only one shot or multiple, but that he did fire toward officers.

Mattison is also charged in other felony cases in Lancaster, Hall and Platte counties. He’s also a person of interest in the 2022 death of 25-year-old Jasmine Garnett of Columbus. Her remains were found last fall in a field in Clay County. Her family said she was last seen with Mattison in September. Her murder is still under investigation.