The Colorado Springs man accused of shooting a mother and killing her teenage son last summer in the parking lot of an 80th and Sheridan dentist office will stand trial, Adams County Judge Don Quick ruled.

Jeremy Webster, 23, faces first-degree murder and other charges for the June 14 shooting at the Cedarwood Square Office Complex. He’s is accused of killing 13-year-old Vaughn Bigelow, Jr. and seriously wounding the boy’s 8-year-old brother and his mother. Another man, 40-year-old John Gale of Arvada, was sitting in a truck nearby parked in the dental office lot and was also shot.

At the Oct. 9 hearing, Quick scheduled arraignment for Webster at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 27. Webster and his defense team are expected to make a plea then, although his attorneys did call attention to mental health issues. They noted Webster told police that his memories of the shooting were like a bad dream, where he was watching a third person commit the crimes.

But Quick said the court was not ready to consider mental health issues and determined that there was enough evidence to hold Webster over for trial without bail.

“There is a fair likelihood that Mr. Webster is in danger of being convicted at jury of first-degree murder,” Quick said.

Police testimony

According to police testimony at an Oct. 5 hearing, 41-year-old Meghan Bigelow was driving her three sons to a June 14 dentist appointment in suburban Denver. As they neared the office in Westminster, Bigelow heard emergency sirens behind her and tried to pull into the right lane. She veered back to the left when she saw a black Toyota Corolla already in that lane. She and Webster, the driver of the black Corolla, traded insults shouted through open windows.

At an Oct. 5 hearing, Police said Bigelow and her middle son, Cooper, later told detectives that Webster sped up when Bigelow tried to get in front of his car. They said Webster followed and pulled up behind them in the dental office’s lot.

Meghan Bigelow told police that she and Webster briefly argued, and as he began to drive away she took a video of his license plate and said she would contact police. At that point, she said, he backed up then got out of the car holding a handgun.

Cooper Bigelow, 12, told police that his mother yelled: “He’s got a gun.’’

Meghan Bigelow told police she began walking toward her SUV, hoping to lead Webster away from the boys. As she walked away, Webster shot her in the back, police said.

She fell to the ground and remembers hearing more gunshots before being shot in the head, police said.

Witnesses said the shooter walked away from the area at least once, then returned and began firing again, police said, at one point pressing the muzzle of the gun to 13-year-old Vaughn’s head before firing.

Vaughn Bigelow died at a hospital. An autopsy found he had been shot in the head and the right arm.

Asa Bigelow was shot at least three times, including one bullet that entered his left cheek and exited on the right side of his face. Meghan Bigelow was shot multiple times in her abdomen and once on the right side of her head.

Police said both needed extensive surgeries. They have been released from hospitals but still are under medical care, detectives said.

Cooper Bigelow was not injured. Police said he led them to the video showing the license plate on Webster’s car, which led to Webster’s arrest later that afternoon.

Police found a handgun in Webster’s trunk and say he admitted to shooting the family.

According to an arrest affidavit released in June, Webster also told detectives he had “mental health issues” and began taking a new medication that day.

The psychiatrist told police Webster had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was prescribed antipsychotics and antidepressant medication, Westminster Detective Bernard Bonfeldt confirmed in response to questions from one of Webster’s attorneys. It’s not clear how long Webster had been seeing the psychiatrist or taking medication.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.