ORLANDO, Fla. – The state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit revealed Thursday that the man charged in a triple fatal shooting in Osceola County over the weekend had stopped going to mandatory outpatient treatment following his 2022 acquittal on an attempted murder charge.
Ahmad Bojeh, 29, is charged with three counts of murder in the fatal shooting of three out-of-state tourists who were staying in a rental home. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office called the shooting random and said Bojeh lived next door to the home.
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Osceola County Sheriff Christopher Blackmon dubbed Bojeh a “frequent flyer” in the eyes of law enforcement.
In 2022, charged with attempted murder after he was accused of randomly shooting at a person and vehicles in a Kissimmee gas station, Bojeh was granted a bench trial. Judge Keith Carsten found Bojeh not guilty by reason of insanity.
In a news conference that was designed for Worrell to reflect on her first year back in office, the state attorney for Orange County and Osceola County spent much of the hour addressing scrutiny of her office’s handling of Bojeh’s case in 2022.
“That individual went through the legal process,” Worrell said. “That process took over a year. The court found that that individual was legally insane at the time of the offense.”
Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier, who has openly criticized Worrell over several cases, has lambasted the state attorney over Bojeh’s previous case.
“[Worrell] knowingly stipulated to an agreement that avoided a jury trial and allowed Jihad Bojeh to receive outpatient treatment instead of being committed to a state hospital,” Uthmeier posted to X Wednesday.
When News 6 reached out to the attorney general’s office about Worrell’s news conference Thursday, a spokesperson referred us to that post.
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When asked about the decision to stipulate to an agreement for the bench trial, Worrell defended her office.
“I can tell you that the prosecutor in this case was not known for being one to roll over,” Worrell said. “I am given information that there were a lot of legal problems in this case, that there was an uncooperative victim in this case, that would have made this case challenging to try in front of a jury.”
Worrell said she learned Thursday morning that Bojeh had stopped his outpatient treatment, as mandated by Judge Carsten.
“My understanding is that that treatment was originally costing $7 a month,” Worrell said. “And that after a period of time, that $7 a month bill went up to $150 plus a month, and that the individual was no longer in compliance with his treatment because of inability to pay for that treatment.”
While Bojeh was acquitted in the 2022 case, Judge Carsten issued an Order of Conditional Release, outlining a slew of conditions to which Bojeh was supposed to adhere.
The conditions included that Bojeh must attend outpatient treatment and that he not possess a firearm.
“There should have been a violation of conditional release that was filed by the supervising agency,” Worrell said.
Bojeh’s criminal docket from 2022, though, does not include any documents that reflect a violation of his conditional release. Bojeh’s last competency status hearing was held in March 2025. He was slated to appear for his next competency hearing in April 2026.
News 6 reached out to a separate judge assigned to oversee Bojeh’s competency hearing, but a response was not returned as of Thursday night.
News 6 also reached out to Park Place Behavioral Health Care, which was assigned to manage Bojeh’s outpatient treatment. A response was not returned as of Thursday night, but a spokesperson did send us the following statement on Wednesday, following a previous inquiry related to Bojeh:
“Park Place Behavioral Health Care is aware that there has been a tragic incident in our community. While confidentiality prevents us from discussing specific cases. We want to ensure the public, we will cooperate with law enforcement as they continue their investigation of this incident. Park Place Behavioral Health Care is committed to providing high -quality, ethical care, and we take seriously the well-being of all who are in our care and our community. ”
News 6’s Mike Valente spoke to Bojeh’s former defense attorney over the phone Thursday. Migdalia Perez said her former client, whom she represented in the 2022 case, is “very mentally ill” and went off his medication sometime after his last competency hearing.
She said that she believes Park Place “dropped the ball because they made the medication unattainable or unreachable for him.”
Worrell told reporters she believes Bojeh should have been committed for involuntary hospitalization after the 2022 case, but Carsten’s Order of Conditional Release notes that a doctor who conducted a psychological evaluation on Bojeh found that he “does not meet the criteria for involuntary hospitalization.”