Posted on 04/11/2012 11:31:49 AM PDT by marktwain
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said Tuesday no charges will be filed in connection with a fatal double shooting at a west-side apartment complex on Saturday.
The fatal shooting occurred at 12:10 a.m. Saturday at Lee’s Crossing Apartments, off Powell Mill Road. Douglas Williams, 29, later told deputies that he shot the two men after catching them trying to break into his apartment.
Michael Deangelo Gentry-Hill Jr., 22, of 102 Richborough Drive, died at the scene of the incident. Darren Tyree “Ty” Hill, 18, of 112 Shelby St., died at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center later Saturday morning, according to the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office.
Wright said two shots were fired during the incident, and that Gentry-Hill and Hill had single gunshot wounds to the front part of their heads.
“Douglas Williams is the victim here,” Wright said during a news conference Tuesday. “He has a right to defend himself.”
Williams has a criminal record, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. According to his criminal history, he was convicted of forgery in 2008 and is prohibited by the federal gun control act of 1968 from possessing or acquiring a gun or ammunition, according to S.C. Law Enforcement Division records.
“Just because someone has made a mistake doesn’t mean they can’t protect themselves,” Wright said. “Me personally, I would have been telling someone to call 911. That should be the first option. I’d have preferred he had called 911.”
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According to the State’s ‘castle doctrine’, Williams can legally use a gun to protect himself.But he can’t ‘own’ one!?
““We were very methodical about this,” Wright said, in consulting with the solicitor’s office before coming to a decision on charges. During the news conference, Wright cited the State vs. John Brayboy, a law that he says supports a convicted felon using a gun in self-defense.
Solicitor Barry Barnette said under the state’s Castle Doctrine, a person has a right to protect their property, automobile or people on their property with the use of deadly force.”
No problem here, all the players are black, nothing to see here, move on.
Wright said two shots were fired during the incident, and that Gentry-Hill and Hill had single gunshot wounds to the front part of their heads.
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