FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A 23-year-old man won’t be charged in a fatal shooting in Casselton, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Cass County State’s Attorney Birch Burdick said the man who was arrested in Friday’s shooting felt threatened by the other man and was acting in self-defense.
Cass County sheriff’s deputies responded to the shooting Friday about 9:30 p.m. in Casselton. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said the 23-year-old man was in fear of his life when 50-year-old Duane Turchin got out of his car, argued with the man and choked him.
The younger man then shot Turchin. He called 911 and placed his gun in a safe.
Turchin had suffered a gunshot wound to the upper chest. He was taken to a Fargo hospital where he later died.
KVRR-TV reports the two men knew each and lived only a few houses away from each other.
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