Nothing strange.
Appearance in court was apparently in the last couple of days.
The crime itself took place on January 26th.
Some guys can grow a lot of facial hair in 6 weeks.
The “medical device” is a tracheostomy tube.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/trach
After the scumbag was shot in the neck by his intended victim, he probably had his life saved by paramedics who put the tube in.
Thanks angryoldfatman, and all. I did not see in the article that the incident happened on Jan 26. Makes sense.