‘If someone points a gun at you and cocks it, you can shoot them,’ Florida sheriff says.
An armed Florida man who rushed to defend his sister from an abusive ex-boyfriend will face no charges after fatally shooting him, according to the local sheriff’s office.
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home within the Silver Lake Mobile Home Park last Tuesday and found an unidentified 26-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The man reportedly broke the woman’s door down, entered the home and struck her “several times,” according to the sheriff’s office.flsheriffs.orgThe woman grabbed her phone and texted her neighboring family members, including her 23-year-old brother who rushed to her home to protect her.
“At one point, the male that forced entry into the trailer pulled out a handgun, pointed it at her brother and cocked it,” the sheriff said.The brother is not facing charges, according to the sheriff’s office.
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