SPOKANE, Wash. -
Proof things are not always as they seem. What appeared to be a good Samaritan stepping into stop an attack is now a much more complicated case that has a former soldier facing murder charges.
The shooting at Fifth and Altamont on Tuesday started when a passerby tried to break up a domestic violence attack.
The passerby, Edward Bushnell, shot the man witnesses say was beating a woman. However, it is what happened in the time between that now has Bushnell in Spokane County Jail facing first degree murder charges.
Spokane Police say they applaud Bushnell for coming to aid of a woman who was being bullied by her boyfriend on a Spokane sidewalk, even getting hurt in the process of helping her. However, they say Bushnell fired those fatal shots after the altercation was over, and at the moment, the use of deadly force was not justified.
Spokane Police responded to a shots fired call at Fifth and Altamont Tuesday morning and found William Poindexter laying in the grass. Bushnell, who was standing right next to victim at the time, admitted to shooting Poindexter in self defense.
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Things started off good with Bushnell saving the woman but he then killed her attacker in cold blood after the threat was over.
Doesn't look good, but a jury may not find him guilty.
This will be one to follow.
Proof things are not always as they seem. What appeared to be a good Samaritan stepping into stop an attack is now a much more complicated case that has a former soldier facing murder charges.
The shooting at Fifth and Altamont on Tuesday started when a passerby tried to break up a domestic violence attack.
The passerby, Edward Bushnell, shot the man witnesses say was beating a woman. However, it is what happened in the time between that now has Bushnell in Spokane County Jail facing first degree murder charges.
Spokane Police say they applaud Bushnell for coming to aid of a woman who was being bullied by her boyfriend on a Spokane sidewalk, even getting hurt in the process of helping her. However, they say Bushnell fired those fatal shots after the altercation was over, and at the moment, the use of deadly force was not justified.
Spokane Police responded to a shots fired call at Fifth and Altamont Tuesday morning and found William Poindexter laying in the grass. Bushnell, who was standing right next to victim at the time, admitted to shooting Poindexter in self defense.
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http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-ne...e-incident-now-facing-murder-charges/34305354
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Things started off good with Bushnell saving the woman but he then killed her attacker in cold blood after the threat was over.
Doesn't look good, but a jury may not find him guilty.
This will be one to follow.