OLATHE, KANSAS Adam Purinton, the 51-year-old man accused of hurling racial slurs before opening fire on two Indian men in a Kansas bar last week, appeared calm and composed during a brief court appearance Monday.

Appearing via a live video feed inside the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe, Kansas, Purinton replied to several questions with a yes sir before acknowledging that he could not afford a lawyer.

I am asking the court to appoint counsel, he told the court from a room at the New Century Detention Center. Public defender Michael McCulloch was assigned to his case. Purinton is scheduled to appear in court again the morning of March 9.