An insanity plea for the Christmas Eve shooting and wounding of an Oregon mail carrier was dismissed on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge J. Immergut, who ruled that Kevin Eugene Irvine was aware that his actions were illegal.
Shooter Made Three DoorDash Deliveries After Attacking Target
The shooting occurred in Milwaukie on Christmas Eve 2022 when Irvine retrieved a .22-caliber rifle before driving around Milwaukie in his van looking for David Knapp, the mail carrier.
Evidence was that when he spotted his target, he knelt and fired three times before picking up the spent casings. Irvine then drove away before making three DoorDash deliveries.
Judge Immergut found Irvine (34), a schizophrenic, guilty of attempted murder and aggravated assault of a federal employee and the use of a firearm in an act of violence.…