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Originally Posted by JaneB
The husband should still be charged. He did not need to shot the guy in the head. He could have called people and held the guy there. He had other options then murder.
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I was going to post that it was self-defense, but it appears you are right. It says
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When Tracy Roberson cried that she was being raped, LaSalle tried to drive away and her husband drew the gun he happened to be carrying and fired several shots at the truck, authorities said.
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This guy must have shot the UPS guy when he was fleeing; thus he was shooting a fleeing "felon" - which is illegal. The prosecution can get a manslaughter charge against the husband, because you can't just shoot a person because he is running away from a crime.
Now, if the guy was on top of his wife and she yelled rape, it would be a completely different situation, but it appears the UPS guy made an attempt to flee (he was out of the house), and then the husband shot him in the head as he was driving away from the scene.
This is a textbook example of manslaughter....