I suspected that it was. Murder suspect given immunity in Macon gas station shooting | Macon Telegraph
A murder suspect in Macon has been granted immunity on his most serious charges after he proved to a judge that the person he shot and killed was the aggressor in an incident between them, according to court documents.
There is no duty to retreat in Georgia.
There was also no evidence that Burke had a gun, but other people he was seen with at the gas station appeared to have firearms. The group had been the ones to shoot toward Andrews, prompting him to return fire, according to court documents.
“The evidence … strongly suggests that the Defendant was being shot at from one or more persons located at the front left side of the gas station and that he returned fire as he took cover behind the passenger side of the vehicle,” Mincey said.
He is no longer charged with murder, or manslaughter over the shooting, but it facing charges of being a restricted person in possession of a firearm.
Do I need to mention that Macon is about an 85 mile drive south of Atlanta? Probably.
Self-defense is a human right, and it appears to be a legal right in Georgia.
A first year law student could get the being a restricted person charge tossed.
ReplyDeleteBTW: Macon's population is about 165k. Of that about 85k are black.