IOLA ? A child charged with the shooting death of his father still isn’t competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Allen County District Judge Daniel D. Creitz ruled that the 10-year-old boy, identified only as J.H., should remain in a locked-down facility until involuntary commitment proceedings are complete.

County Atty. Jerry Hathaway issued a brief statement about Tuesday’s court hearing, which came nearly six months after a previous decision that the boy wasn’t competent for trial.

The boy was charged with first-degree murder three days after the April 24 death of Robert D. Hamlin, 43, who was shot with a 20-gauge pump shotgun while sitting on a couch watching television at his home in Humboldt, eight miles south of Iola.

A judge relied on an evaluation report from Larned State Hospital to make his ruling, Hathaway said.

When the boy was charged, Hathaway told reporters that if the boy were found guilty, he could be required to stay in a juvenile facility until age 23.

After the shooting, the boy walked to the house of neighbor Carolyn Moore, carrying the shotgun with one unfired shell.

At the time, Moore said when she answered the front door, she was greeted by a boy wearing only burgundy briefs and holding the shotgun. She said he appeared frightened and told her he had shot his father.

Until the shooting, Humboldt, a town of nearly 2,000, was known mainly as the birthplace of Hall of Fame pitching legend Walter “Big Train” Johnson.