not indicted.......2yrs later, indicted

[Palladin]

A grand jury declined to indict a Texas man 2 years ago in the killing of a 9-year-old. He’s now been indicted for murder

A 33-year-old Texas man was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge in the February 2022 killing of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez – nearly two years after another grand jury had declined to indict him in connection with the child’s fatal shooting.

www.yahoo.com

Granted, he was shooting across the street at a guy running away

 

[pastera]

Murder - no
Negligent manslaughter - probably

 

[Dennis in MA]

Maybe. If he can get even a shred of corroboration that there was something like gunshots BEFORE he pulled? He might be in the clear.

It sucks. I don't advocate people whip out their Roscoe and start slinging lead willy-nilly, but if he truly felt like he was being fired upon, I can it. Shit sometimes happens.

 

[tuna]

Why wasn't the guy he was shooting at charged? If that guy hadn't robbed the shooter, the kid would be alive today, since no shots would have been fired.

I'm on the jury, this guy walks. If a judge can say the 2A doesn't exist, I can say eff your law - and shooting at a retreating scumbag is legal.

 

[fishgutzy]

Why wasn't the guy he was shooting at charged? If that guy hadn't robbed the shooter, the kid would be alive today, since no shots would have been fired.

I'm on the jury, this guy walks. If a judge can say the 2A doesn't exist, I can say eff your law - and shooting at a retreating scumbag is legal.

Probably never caught the robber. So the DA is over charging to coerce a guilty plea to a lesser charge.

 

[LakeTrout]

Why wasn't the guy he was shooting at charged? If that guy hadn't robbed the shooter, the kid would be alive today, since no shots would have been fired.

I'm on the jury, this guy walks. If a judge can say the 2A doesn't exist, I can say eff your law - and shooting at a retreating scumbag is legal.

I agree that the guy shooting should 100% be charged with the homicide. That is a good point.

Shooting at the retreating scumbag, I’m not sure. I’m fine with it, if it doesn’t kill some innocent bystander in the process. But it did. And taking out a robber isn’t worth the life of my daughter or anyone else’s.