By John Dobberstein, Editor
A Broken Arrow man charged with murdering his wife and son and attempting suicide unsuccessfully in 2023 has been ruled incompetent to stand trial.
Phillip Hammock suffered a traumatic brain injury during the suicide attempt and has not been able to regain competency, Tulsa County District Judge April Siebert said in a competency hearing.
Siebert said Hammock was not currently dangerous and she signed an order for him to receive a Department of Human Services evaluation while remaining in state custody.
Hammock was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after shooting and killing Annette Hammock, 48, and her 17-year-old son. Their bodies were found by Broken Arrow police, who were responding to a welfare check, inside a home in the 2500 block of West Honolulu Street on May 10 of last year.
Hammock was also found in the home and taken to a hospital in critical condition. He was officially arrested on a warrant for murder two months later. The FBI assisted in the investigation due to a tribal component involved.
Annette died just one day before her 49th birthday. Annette’s son, who hasn’t been officially identified, was a junior at Broken Arrow High School.
Robert Andrews says
What happens to him now? He killed people, needs to be locked up either in jail or a mental institution.