Law allows fatal shot, Lincoln County official says

 
BY ROBERT MEDLEY
Published: December 9, 2009

CHANDLER — A woman’s shotgun blast that felled an intruder in Lincoln County was a justified act, and just as an emergency dispatcher told the woman before she squeezed the trigger, firing was her best option under the circumstances, the district attorney said Tuesday.

The intruder’s motivations for breaking into her house may remain unclear, but the action taken to stop him was a clear exercise of ...


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