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No charges will be filed against a man who stabbed a teenager to death earlier this month in Minneapolis.

A man has died after he was shot by a Beaumont school district police officer during an altercation near a school campus.

Levittown - A western Pennsylvania jury is trying to decide whether a Pittsburgh-area man is guilty of murder or acted in self defense in the shooting death of a man outside an Erie bar.Prosecutors urged jurors Thursday to convict 32-year-old Michael Wright of Braddock of first- or third-degree murder in the March 28 killing of 31-year-old Rondale ...

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The actions of a storekeeper described by Prince George's County police as a "hero" for disarming, then shooting a robber to death will be routinely reviewed by prosecutors for possible criminal charges, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.

The Madison County coroner's jury on Wednesday declared a 24-year-old Granite City man's death a homicide, but the suspect in his death has been charged with aggravated unlawful use of weapons because it was considered self-defense. Chaunci E. Dukes was shot to death Sept.

The Madison County coroner's jury and the county grand jury can't seem to agree on a 24-year-old Granite City man's shooting death.

The shotgun blast that killed Christopher Shane Adkins outside a Berea home last December was fired in self-defense, the attorney for his accused killer told a jury Monday.

A 16-year-old Reno boy has been ordered to stand trial in the beating death of a homeless man after he allegedly stomped on him and robbed him of $6, cigarettes and a portable radio.

With one brother dead from a fatal stab wound, and another brother behind bars in connection with the stabbing, Shirley Gorzynski -- paternal grandmother of the boys -- said her family is mourning two losses.

An elderly Las Vegas, NV homeowner used his gun to fend off multiple home invaders early Thursday morning.

Steven Cisneros, who admitted to a Santa Barbara jury last week that he stabbed roommate Lawrence Kaiser to death, but claimed the action was in self-defense, was found guilty of first-degree murder Monday morning.

An elderly Las Vegas, NV homeowner used his gun to fend off multiple home invaders early Thursday morning.

The district attorney's office in Las Cruces has declined to prosecute an East Mesa man accused of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing of another man.

A Spokane jury has found Alan Turnipseed guilty of First Degree Manslaughter with a weapons enhancement for the 2007 shooting death of Josh Smith on the lower South Hill.

Police say they are not ruling out the possibility that self defense led to the death of a 23-year-old Loveland man at a home in the 600 block of Second Street on Thursday.

A 20 year old homeowner from Missouri City, TX used his hand handgun to fend off a pair of violent home invaders.

a suspected case of road rage in las vegas leaves one man dead and puts a national guard soldier behind bars for murder. santa fe bureau minute thumbnail 06:00 pm chief gadi schwartz just got back from las vegas with details on a case that once again rais questions about the difference between murder and self-defense. gadi. the criminal complaint goes like this... national guardsman richard baca was stopped at a light in las vegas last night. baca says benito lemos got out of the car behind him and started punching him -- saying baca cut him off. the complaint says baca then pulled out a gun and killed lemos... police tell us baca then tried to help lemos after shooting him 3 times point blank. "according to reports when the officers arrived mr. baca was there providing aid type of aid i'm not to sure... " witnesses -- who know lemos -- paint another picture... they say they never saw lemos punch baca -- and tell us after the shooting -- baca started cussing and yelling at the victim's wife and the couple's 2 young children who were in the back seat of the lemos's car... they also say baca didn't start minute thumbnail 06:01 pm trying to give lemos c-p-r until after he saw police. "cold blooded murder i mean that's how it happened i mean even if he is trying to say it was self defense or whatever my friend benito didn't even have shoes and socks on he was out here taking his family out to get some dinner." we just stood there over benito he wasn't even breathing we saw him take his 2 last breaths and it was horrible its horrible its like a nightmare..." baca is currently on leave from iraq is now facing an open count of murder. the las vegas police chief tells us that it will be up to the d.a. to decide whether this is a case of self defense. live in santa fe, gadi schwartz, eyewitness news 4.//

A Roane County jury won't hear from Leon Houston before deciding his guilt or innocence.

new tonight--- we talk to the minute thumbnail 10:01 pm family of a new mexico national guardsman charged with murder. police in las vegas, new mexico say 21 year old richard baca shot and killed 22 year old benito lemos after baca cut in front of the car lemos was in. joe vigil joins us with reaction from baca's family.. and witnesses. was this self defense or cold blooded murder? tonight an aunt of guardsman richard baca says the family stands behind him 100 percent. while witnesses have no doubts it was a cold blooded killing. "i'm still shaking now, it's just crazy." a day after the killing, mark durant says he's still stunned. he saw his friend nito lemos dying near the las vegas plaza. "we just stood there over benito just, i mean he wasn't even breathing. we actually saw him take his two last minute thumbnail 10:02 pm breaths. and it was horrible." court documents indicate that benito lemos thought richard baca nearly hit the car he was riding in with family members--includin g his two kids. lemos got out of his car and approached baca's car while at a traffic light. baca told police lemos started punching him in the face. according to court documents -- baca told lemos he had a gun and ended up firing three shots. a friend of lemos heard the shots. he says he walked over and saw baca arguing with a woman described as either lemos' wife or fiancee. "he still had the gun out and he insisted, he kept telling her, yea i shot him i shot him. what the f---'s your problem letting him get out of the car." gallegos calls it cold blooded murder. "even if he is a member of the national guard, whatever, there's no reason for him to shoot somebody. he left behind two kids. that's just ridiculous." baca is here on leave from iraq. he's part of the 720th transportation company. his aunt in los lunas told us he was probably minute thumbnail 10:03 pm visiting his grandparents and his dad in vegas. she says baca is not the kind of person who would start something like this. she wondered why lemos would get of the car...asking why he wouldn't just let it go. one witness told us he did not see lemos punch baca. we're told baca performed cpr on lemos without success. he's now in jail---charged with an open count of murder. nicole back to you.