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of plotting for months to kill their friend to curry favor with a fictional character known as slenderman. fox 21 in denver promotion of first female four star officer in navy history. will now serves deputy chief of naval operations plans and strategy. this is a live look at columbus, ohio from fox 28. big story there. target store asking customers not to bring guns into their stores. some customers had protested target's policy in allowing the guns in states with open carry laws. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway for "special report." we'll be right back. >>> the fourth of july weekend could be a wash out for many americans on the east coast. meteorologist janice dean is at the fox "weather center" with the latest on tropical storm arthur. good evening. >> we get a new advisory at 8:00 and i am concerned that we might have a hurricane on our hands a little bit earlier than first anticipated. it looks like on the satellite radar presentation all four quadrants of this thing are filling out. we got a tightening eye right here. it looks like we have a strengthening system. so

two 12 year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times for a fictional character known as slendermanre back in court this morning. nbc is not identifying the suspects due to their age. each appeared before the judge separately. the hearing primarily focuses on their mental competency after her attorney told the court he believes she's mentally i recall. they have been charged as adults with attempted murder alleging they plotted this for months. joining me now is the crime reporter for the milwaukee centennial. >> let's start what we heard in court. one of the attorneys brought up the issue of her mental health. what have we learned today? >> well, we learned today that the two doctors, one secured by the girl's own lawyer, second appointed by the state, each agreed apparently, that the girl, at this time, is not competent to proceed with the trial. expected was that would lead to more treatment to make her competent and, instead, in a strange twist, the state asked that the girl be further examined. her lawyer objected and said that was premature and the judge ordered it anyway. she

adults, accused of trying to stab their friend to death, inspired by an online boogieman known as slendermane girls have finally made an appearance in court. it's an important one. where a judge orders that they are either competent or incompetent to stand trial. one of the girls had been ruled incompetent. no ruling was made on the second suspect's mental condition. stay tuned on that one. wait a second, how is it that a 12-year-old can even be considered competent and what does it mean anyway to have that ruling? this is always step one, it doesn't get much coverage, but if you're a defendant, you have to be able to understand the charges against you and you have to be able to assist your defense. that's a simple bar. how can a 12-year-old meet that bar at all? because they do it all the time. >> it's a fabulous point. you could look to all types of laws. there's a reason why minors are treated differently than adults, right, there's a reason why when you're a minor, you know, certain things may apply. there's a reason why you go to juvenile court. this may very well give the argument to t