Based on the obvious self defense issue here. No charges are being brought against the clerk. |
Due to the obvious self-defense issues, the clerk is not being charged with any crime. |
The final cause will have to be determined by the fire department. But we have no indication that it's anything other than an accident. |
They found (the clerk) was also armed. As one of the suspects pointed a weapon at him and demanded money, the clerk shot and killed one of the suspects. |
We are being told by the district attorney that this is a novel approach to this law; it is not, we are told, been used in Alabama, although other states have applied felony murder to this type of scenario. |
What this charge is saying is that if you commit a felony and during the course of that felony, you provoke a deadly confrontation and some is killed, you can be held liable. |
When the suspect points his pistol at clerk, the clerk shoots and kills one of the suspects. |