Elijah Bieniemy, 27, will not appear in court until he completes a mental-health competency evaluation after being charged with shooting his mother at their Ashburn, Virginia, home.
A new court filing said his public defender argued he appears to have significant mental health issues and cannot currently assist in his own defense; the evaluation was granted before a preliminary hearing set for Sept. 9.
Mia Bieniemy suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the Sunday shooting but is now in stable condition and out of intensive care, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said at training camp.
Elijah Bieniemy was arrested Monday on malicious wounding, firearm-use and discharging-a-firearm-inside-a-dwelling charges, and is being held without bond in Loudoun County.