Report: 13-year-old shooter showing no remorse

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) -- A 13-year-old former Fort Gibson Middle School student has no remorse nearly a year after wounding five of his classmates, a report states.

Seth Trickey has attended all of his scheduled counseling groups but "tends to minimize" both his crime and his participation in those groups. The once-popular honor student also has proven to be a loner among the other juvenile delinquents at the Rader Diagnostic Treatment Center in Sand Springs, an Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs progress report stated.

"Seth does not show any remorse for his crime and has little insight into his problems," the report says.

Muskogee County Associate District Judge Tom Alford received the report in time for Tuesday's evaluation hearing for Trickey. Alford ordered him to remain in OJA custody and counseling at Rader.

Trickey was found guilty of six counts of shooting with intent to kill, along with a weapons charge, for a Dec. 6 rampage in which he pulled his father's 9 mm handgun from his backpack and fired at classmates. One girl was shot in the face and three others also were hospitalized.

Under Oklahoma juvenile laws, Trickey could remain in custody until his 19th birthday or be released anytime before that. He is expected to complete certain treatment programs while at Rader.

The OJA document also indicates the boy sees his family regularly and is doing well academically. It recommends that Trickey remain at Rader. His case will be reviewed in six months.

Alford has allowed release of Trickey's court records because of a 1996 state law dealing with juvenile offenses.

Trickey's attorneys, Jim and Drew Wilcoxen of Muskogee, unsuccessfully requested to have the OJA report kept confidential at Tuesday's hearing. Trickey did not attend the court session.

During the hearing, the Wilcoxens argued that their client is not receiving appropriate psychiatric counseling at Rader. They noted that the OJA report does not mention any individual counseling sessions for their client.

Rhonda Burgess, OJA spokeswoman, said all juvenile offenders receive both individual and group counseling while in custody.

State juvenile officials cannot talk specifically about any offender.

Trickey has never talked publicly or in court about the shootings. Psychologists who interviewed the boy, however, have testified about their theories of the boy's violent motivations.

Oklahoma City psychologist Shree Vinekar told the court he believed Trickey was military-obsessed and acted out of a desire to prove himself in a combat-like situation. Vinekar testified he had Trickey's agreement on this theory.