The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed “a justifiable homicide” under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday.

Police said the identity of the homeowner who fired the gunshot that killed Nicholas Donofrio shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday will not be released because the police department and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office determined his actions were justified under the state’s controversial “castle doctrine” law, which holds that people can act in self-defense towards “intruders and attackers without fear of prosecution or civil action for acting in defense of themselves and others.”

  • Aux@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can bang on a reinforced steel door all you want until the police comes.

    • 𝙣𝙪𝙠𝙚@yah.lol
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      1 year ago

      Did no one read the article?

      He smashed the window and began undoing the lock from the inside

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        1 year ago

        No one ever reads the article. What do we want, context?

        I’m not gonna call it the world’s best home defense shooting, but I’m not gonna call it some kind of injustice.