Charges Dropped For PA Woman Who Used Gun To Defend Herself

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Posted July 22, 2019 6:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

Perhaps one of the worst injustices in this country is the tendency of good people who use a gun to defend themselves to find themselves facing criminal charges. It happens far too often.

However, much of the time, law enforcement gets it right. If they don’t, the courts do, especially when there’s clear evidence of someone acting in self-defense, such as what happened to one Pennsylvania woman.

A 22-year-old woman who fired multiple shots inside a Pa. Walmart got a big legal break after authorities saw surveillance video of the shooting.

As WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh reports, a charge of attempted homicide against alleged shooter Rojaanai Alston, 22, of Penn Hills, Pa., have been withdrawn by the Allegheny County District Attorney.

That’s because the surveillance video from the North Versailles Walmart clearly shows two other women attacking Alston in the electronics area of the store.

Check out a clip of the video embedded in this tweet:

ONLY ON 4 – video of the shooting inside Walmart in North Versailles – and the planned attack on the shooter that triggered her opening fire. Was it self-defense? #WTAE at 6 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/WGsV9QjLuZ" target="_blank" …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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