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https://www.southbendtribune.com/new...b1f15d423.html

Teen acquitted of all charges in South Bend shooting
Jurors believe his self-defense claim

SOUTH BEND — A jury believed Tabias Davis' claims of self defense, acquitting him Thursday of all charges in the shooting death of 19-year-old Anthony Mobley.

After a three-day trial in St. Joseph Superior Court 8, Davis, also 19, was found not guilty of both murder and attempted murder. The jury also considered a lesser charge of reckless homicide.

Following the not guilty verdicts, Judge Elizabeth Hurley told Davis he would be released that day.

Celebrating outside the St. Joseph County Courthouse Thursday afternoon, Davis' friends were shouting "he's coming home," after hearing of the verdict. Davis' family had no comment.

Davis was accused of killing Mobley and shooting and wounding Jamal Mobley, the deceased's younger brother. Around 4 a.m. on April 30, Mobley saw Davis parked at his girlfriend's house in the 100 block of South Logan Street.

Lefemme Thomas, Mobley's girlfriend, said she and Davis were only hanging out and nothing romantic was happening. Thomas and Davis had previously dated.

Witnesses testified Mobley kicked in the front door and, after a brief argument on the second floor of the home, started to leave. Davis was accused of then following Mobley out of the home and opening fire, striking Mobley in the back five times.

Jamal Mobley, 18, testified in court that he was waiting in his brother's vehicle and said he ran when he heard the shooting start. He was struck in the arm as he ran.

But Davis and his defense attorney Mark Lenyo said more than one person fired shots that morning. It was Jamal Mobley who fired first, Davis said, claiming he only shot back in self defense.

Davis took the stand on Wednesday, testifying that Jamal Mobley entered the house with his brother that morning, although Lefemme Thomas said she never saw him in her home.

Davis said he could see Jamal Mobley had his hand on the handle of a revolver that was inside his jacket pocket. He also said Anthony Mobley threatened him. Thomas testified that Mobley did slap her, but he never got physical with Davis and she never heard any threats.

When Davis followed the brothers out of the house, he said, Jamal Mobley fired four shots forcing Davis to fire back.

"He did what he had to do to save his life," Leyno said in his closing arguments.

But Deputy Prosecutor Christopher Fronk said there was no physical evidence to support a self defense claim. Investigators said 12 shell casings were found and they were all from the same gun. There was no sign another gun was fired.

The defense said Jamal Mobley used a revolver, which wouldn't discharge shell casings. Davis said he knew it was a revolver because he saw Jamal Mobley with it in Thomas' home.

Fronk argued that even if Jamal Mobley had fired a revolver, they were close enough there's no way he wouldn't have hit at least the house if not also Davis. Investigators found no damage on the house from gunshots. They said all shots were fired from the house.

"The defendant chose not to just shoot them, but to shoot them over and over again in the back," Fronk said in his closing. "That' wasn't a choice forced on him. That's not self defense."

Lenyo, though, said Jamal Mobley's testimony defied common sense. Mobley testified that when the shooting began he ran to a nearby convenience store and called his mom. He didn't call 911 or return to check on his brother. And when on the phone with his mother, Jamal Mobley said he only told her he had been shot. He never mentioned Anthony.

Lenyo questioned why Jamal Mobley would do this if he didn't have something to hide and if wasn't worried about getting into trouble. The brother said he was nervous, wasn't sure what to do and that he didn't want to be involved.

Lenyo also said Jamal Mobley could have ditched the gun while running from the scene. Fronk said the wooded areas around the scene were searched and no gun was found.

As for Thomas' testimony, Lenyo accused her of wanting to protect her boyfriend's brother. Thomas said she didn't look out the window when she heard the gunshots. She also said she didn't know they were gunshots and thought they might be fireworks.

Again saying testimony defied common sense, Lenyo said it would be human nature to look out the window even if just hearing fireworks. Lenyo suggested Thomas had looked out the window, but was lying because she saw Jamal Mobley shooting.

"The jury worked hard and it was a tough case," Lenyo said leaving the courthouse. "I'm thankful they reached the verdict they did."

Although, Fronk said, he is sad for Anthony Mobley's family and he wished it had been a different verdict, the system worked how it was supposed to.

"I can't fault the jury for their work and their effort," he said. "The jury did what they were supposed to do."

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http://www.katc.com/story/37354194/l...d-home-invader

Lake Charles resident shoots alleged home invader
Posted: Jan 25, 2018 7:35 PM EST Updated: Jan 25, 2018 7:36 PM EST
Lake Charles police are investigating a shooting that happened in a Madeline Street home at about 11 a.m.t his morning.

Police were called to the home and found the home owner in the house uninjured, with another man on the floor in the home's hallway with a gunshot wound. The wounded man was transported to a local hospital. He later died. He's been identified as Isaiah Williams, 23, of Lake Charles.

Police learned that two men went to the rear of the home, forced their way into the back door and confronted the resident, who had a gun and fired it. One man was hit, and the other ran away. He was last seen running north on Common Street, police say. They haven't confirmed his identity yet, but they want to question him, police say.

The investigation is continuing.

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Possible self defense

http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/bin...-investigation

HOME INVASION ROBBERY SUSPECT SHOT DURING STRUGGLE IN HORSEHEADS


HORSEHEADS, N.Y. -- An 18-year-old was shot and badly injured after police said he burst into a Horseheads home with two other people, demanding cash.

Deputies said Daiquan Bythwood, Zhamere Charriez of Elmira and Drew Stansfield of Horseheads had a loaded rifle and broke into a home on Overlook Drive around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Deputies said an occupant of the home then struggled with Bythwood, before the homeowner shot Bythwood with a rifle. All three suspects then left, deputies said.

Bythwood was then taken to an Elmira hospital, then one in Sayre, where he went through emergency surgery and was listed in critical condition.

Charriez, 17, was later picked up in Elmira, charged with robbery, and taken to the county jail.

Stansfield, 19, was not immediately taken into custody.

The homeowner was not immediately facing charges in connection with the shooting, but the District Attorney's Office will investigate and determine if self-defense is a justification in the case.

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https://www.postandcourier.com/news/...9e584a592.html

Family 'desperate for answers' after boy, 15, fatally shot in North Charleston confrontation over stolen car
By Andrew Knapp aknapp@postandcourier.com Jan 19, 2018 Updated Jan 19, 2018 (7)

A 15-year-old boy alleged to have stolen a car earlier this week in North Charleston showed up the next day at the owner's house, where he was fatally shot, police reports revealed Friday.

The documents do not explain why the teenager, Derrick Grant of Charleston, went to the community where police said he was confronted and killed by Quadarrel Lamont Morton, 24, the car owner's boyfriend who also lived there.

Morton has not been arrested, the North Charleston Police Department said Friday, and the incident reports do not explain the circumstances that prompted him to open fire on the teen Wednesday morning at 2553 Celestial Court.

Morton has no serious criminal history. His only conviction stemmed from a July arrest on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.

Grant's family has cried out for answers since the slaying, but few answers have come. Many asked why the teen could be killed over a stolen car.

The loved ones are working with police and prosecutors "to find out how this tragedy occurred," their attorney, Mark Peper, said Friday after meeting with Police Chief Reggie Burgess.

"Obviously, they're extremely upset and desperate for answers," Peper said of Grant's loved ones, "but they have faith in our justice system."

At the scene that day, Morton started to explain what had happened until a police officer read him his Miranda right to remain silent. He didn't finish the story, the police said. His girlfriend said she had witnessed the shooting, but the report does not give her account.

The first homicide of the year in North Charleston was still "actively being investigated," police spokesman Spencer Pryor said.

The S.C. Protection of Persons and Property Act, colloquially known as the state's "stand your ground" law, generally allows people to use deadly force in self-defense when faced with a threat of serious injury or to thwart a violent crime. Such fear of imminent peril is presumed when an intruder is breaking into a house or occupied car.

Police frequently decide not to pursue charges in shootings with clear elements of self-defense.

In early 2011, a James Island resident confronted someone who was trying to steal pricey stereo equipment from his truck outside his house. The resident fired a half-dozen shots as the man drove off. Surviving a graze wound to his head, the suspected thief was arrested; the resident was not.

Morton, the shooter in this week's case, called the police before 8 p.m., Tuesday outside a convenience store at 4814 Rivers Ave., where he said someone had hopped into the 2013 Hyundai Sonata that had been left briefly unattended with keys still in the ignition, a report stated. Morton recalled the thief arguing with someone in a Ford Explorer before driving off in his girlfriend's navy blue Hyundai.

The police couldn't find the car.

But early Wednesday, Morton would later say, his brother-in-law stepped out of their Celestial Court house and noticed the Hyundai in the nearby cul-de-sac, the report stated.

Morton then walked out and saw someone reach into the car.

That's where Morton stopped telling the story.

The police said he confronted and shot Grant, who suffered bullet wounds in his chest.

Morton's girlfriend later told police she "witnessed the whole thing," the report stated. Inside the house, her mother also heard two gunshots and dialed 911.

Officers found Grant behind the wheel. The door was open, and his feet dangled outside the car.

He was already dead. The car had bullet holes in the driver's window and door frame.

Morton, meanwhile, had his hands up when the officers got there. He was unarmed, though seven .40-caliber ammunition rounds were in his jacket pockets.

His gun had been unloaded and placed on the porch before the authorities showed up.

The car was towed away as evidence. The report valued it at $8,000.

Grant’s cousins this week memorialized him on Facebook, describing him as the family joker. They said they wished the car owner had just called the police.

“He was just a kid having fun,” one cousin said. “Everybody ain’t perfect.”

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You can question the wisdom of stopping someone to ask for a receipt. But at least the citizen was able to defend himself when he thought his life was in danger.

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/law-...=breaking&lp=1

Citizen fires gun at suspected shoplifters in Johnson City Walmart parking lot

Becky Campbell • Updated Today at 1:16 PM
A local man with a valid handgun carry permit fired his gun at three suspected shoplifters after he watched them taking merchandise and leaving Walmart on West Market Street Friday morning, a Johnson City Police supervisor said.

Capt. Brian Rice said 911 received at least three calls about a shot or shots being fired in the store parking lot around 8 a.m. When police arrived, they spoke to a man, whose name was not released, about his involvement.

“A citizen observed some people shoplifting items in the store,” Rice said. “He confronted them in the parking lot and one person pulled a weapon on him. The citizen, who has a valid handgun carry permit, fearing for his safety, pulled his weapon and fired one shot.”

According to a press release from the department, the unnamed citizen saw a suspicious man with a buggy containing several items that were not bagged. He followed the person out of the store and as the suspect was loading items into an early 2000s gray Jeep Cheokee with tag number 6D1-5Z9, the citizen asked to see a receipt. The suspect jumped into the passenger’s side of the jeep and that’s when the driver “displayed what the patron believed to be a handgun and pointed it in his direction,” police stated in the release.

The citizen pulled out his gun and fired one shot.

Rice said there was no indication that any of the suspects were hit by a bullet. Witnesses gave police a description of the vehicle, which was later determined to have been a car stolen in Bristol,Tenn. four days ago. The middle row passenger’s window was covered in plastic, police said. The

Police said a second concerned citizen followed the Jeep onto McKinley Road, where the driver of the Jeep stopped, got out of the vehicle, and again brandished a weapon and told the citizen to stop following him. Witnesses told police there was one white man, a second man of unknown race and one white female in the Jeep. Investigators have some photos of the suspects and vehicle and will retrieve any surveillance footage that captured anything related to the incident.

During the investigation, officers recovered approximately $1,350 in items left by the suspects.

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Follow up to post 1090.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/arl...9a3c0516d.html

POLSON — The man who shot and killed a 49-year-old man in Arlee will not be charged, said Lake County Attorney Steve Eschenbacher on Friday.

Leonard Peak Jr. died Jan. 17 after being shot and killed at a home on Sanders Street by a 72-year-old man. The shooting occurred at about 3:30 p.m.

The man who shot Peak initially was taken into custody, but was released later.

Eschenbacher said people witnessed the altercation between the two men.

“The evidence shows it was a justifiable use of force,” he said. “The shooter was backed into a corner and didn’t have any choice but to protect himself.”

Peak was shot with a .44 Magnum pistol.

“Absent of any new evidence, this was clearly a case of self-defense,” Eschenbacher said.

The name of the 72-year-old man was not released

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http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/3...d-from-custody

UPDATE: Arlee shooter released from custody

ARLEE- A man involved in a Jan. 17 fatal shooting on Sanders Street in Arlee has been released from custody.

According to the Lake County Sheriff's Department, they're treating the shooting as a case of self defense.

More details are slated to be released today.

Previously:

One person is dead after a fatal shooting reported on Sanders Street in the small community of Arlee.

Lake County Undersheriff Ben Woods said the incident was reported around 4 PM, and a suspect is in custody.

UPDATE: Sheriff Bell says the Arlee school was not locked down, because authorities were able to quickly respond and secure the scene. Two witnesses are also being interviewed. Authorities are awaiting the arrival of the deputy coroner to pronounce the victim and clear the scene.

Woods said that's all the information authorities are currently able to release. We'll keep you updated on this story as it develops.

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I might be reading this one wrong, but it sounds like a group of teens surrounded this ladies car, one pulled out a gun, and a citizen started shooting the kids in defense of the woman and did not hang around. If I am wrong and it turns out to be a gang shooting or something else I will delete this later.

http://www.kmov.com/story/37355315/t...airground-park

Teen suspects shot after pulling gun on woman

NORTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -
Police have released more information on an incident that left two teenagers shot near Fairground Park Thursday night.

Police say a woman, 43, was sitting in her car when four black males, all teenagers, walked passed her vehicle and stopped to to talk to her. Police tell News 4 one of the suspects then pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the victim. According to police, the woman began to panic and then she heard gun shots west of her location. Police say that's when the suspects ran eastbound on Barrett away form the victim.

Just after 9 p.m. a 16-year-old was shot in the head in the 3200 block of Barrett. He was barely breathing and not conscious when he was taken to the hospital. He was later listed in critical, stable condition.

Shortly after the first teenager was found, a second teenager, described as being 14 years old, was found with a gunshot wound to the leg in the 4300 block of Warne. Police said the teen’s injury was from the shooting on Barrett. He was taken to the hospital and listed as stable. Another teen was found with the suspect shot in the leg. That male was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered, according to police.

A fourth teenager is still at large. He is described by police as having a thick build, a dark complexion and standing between 5'7" and 5'8". Police are also still looking for the individual(s) who fired shots at the four teenagers.

Homicide detectives were originally called to investigate the shooting but it was later determined the investigation would be handled at a district level.

The shooting investigation is ongoing.

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http://abc13.com/man-with-gun-carry-...bber-/2998945/

Man with gun-carry permit shoots suspected robber
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --
With a shotgun pointed at him, a man walking to his vehicle in north Houston responded with his own gun and shot a perpetrator, authorities said.

The incident happened about 2 a.m. Sunday outside of Matamoros Ballroom on Jenson Drive.

Police say a man was walking to his car when he spotted a stranger pointing a sawed-off shotgun at him.

The car owner told police that he pulled out his pistol and shot the guy with the shotgun.

Police say robbery was a possible motive.

The shotgun holder was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

According to police, the driver holds a government issued permit to carry a firearm and will not be charged.

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http://www.wtsp.com/news/lakeland-ho...door/512151216

Lakeland homeowner shoots man accused of kicking in his front door

LAKELAND, Fla. -- It was a terrifying early morning for a Lakeland couple as police say a man kicked in the front door of their home.

It happened before 3 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at a home on Shorewood Place. Police say a couple woke up when they heard someone ringing their doorbell. The homeowner talked to the person through the front door.

The suspect at the door was later identified as 19-year-old Gabriel Jacobs.

According to police, Jacobs began yelling profanities and kicking the front door. The homeowner warned Jacobs he had a gun, but police say Jacobs continued kicking until he kicked the front door open.

Jacobs started to come into the house, and that’s when the homeowner shot him once in the chest.

When paramedics got there, they say Jacobs was conscious, but being combative with them. He was transported to Lakeland Regional Hospital and is in critical condition.

While police were investigating, they found several traffic signs knocked down and a red Chevy Impala that belongs to Jacobs’ stepfather, who told police his stepson had the car.

Jacobs is facing a burglary to an occupied dwelling charge.

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http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/b...d-dead/462324/

Man shot after breaking into home on Howell Road

A man showed up at a local hospital after being shot for breaking into a home on the 4300 block of Howell Road Saturday night.

The 911 call came at around 11:25 p.m., according to a news release from Chattanooga police. Officers found two victims -- Joshua Scott and Brandy Chandler -- in the home. Neither of them suffered any physical injury.

Police learned that Damean Jones, 21, entered the home with a firearm and shots were fired before he fled the scene. It wasn't clear who fired the shots.

A short time later, police were called to a local hospital after a man arrived suffering from multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

Upon arrival, police determined the man was Jones, the suspect in the home invasion.

Warrants are on file for the Jones, including for aggravated assault and aggravated burglary.