Sheriff
Regular Member
This event is not over yet. The commonwealth can still place charges if they decide to.
If this had taken place in the city-county I live in, I firmly believe the shooter would have been charged. The commonwealth would claim overkill, as in you didn't really need to shoot and kill a man over $1. Then it will cost $75,000 to $100,000 to prove self defense to a jury. And even then, you have a 50/50 chance of the liberal minded jury not buying into your self defense claim.
I also believe that the further north you go in Virginia, the more likely you are to charged in any type of shooting, self defense or not.
If this had taken place in the city-county I live in, I firmly believe the shooter would have been charged. The commonwealth would claim overkill, as in you didn't really need to shoot and kill a man over $1. Then it will cost $75,000 to $100,000 to prove self defense to a jury. And even then, you have a 50/50 chance of the liberal minded jury not buying into your self defense claim.
I also believe that the further north you go in Virginia, the more likely you are to charged in any type of shooting, self defense or not.