New York Daily News

DA challenges psych ruling in EMT killing

- Ginger Adams Otis

THE BRONX district attorney on Friday rejected a court psychologi­st’s finding that the man accused of killing FDNY Emergency Medical Technician Yadira Arroyo is mentally unfit for trial.

Jose Gonzalez, 25, is charged with murder, manslaught­er and robbery for his encounter with the 44-year-old Arroyo last year — when he mowed her down with her ambulance.

A court psychiatri­st at an April 3 hearing said that Gonzalez — an alleged gang member with a lengthy rap sheet and a history of drug abuse and mental illness — was unfit to stand trial.

But the Bronx DA decided to challenge those findings and argued in court Friday that Gonzalez could be held accountabl­e for his actions.

The defense now has until May 7 to gather more evidence of Gonzalez’s state of mind and produce additional medical reports on his alleged mental instabilit­y.

Gonzalez ran over Arroyo — a mother of five boys — twice in Soundview on March 16, 2017.

After his arrest, he indulged in nonsensica­l rants to cops, claiming he’d give them $1 million each and a Maserati.

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