Judge Lets Civil Suit In 2012 Shooting Go Forward

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USA –-(Ammoland.com)- The Bend Bulletin reported earlier this month (9/3/2016) in Bend, Oregon, a wrongful death lawsuit against an Awbrey Butte man who shot and killed an apparent intruder will go forward.

A Deschutes County Circuit Judge declined to dismiss the suit against the resident, who shot the intruder in 2012. The wrongful death lawsuit seeks more than $500,000 in the death of a 33-year-old.

A Deschutes County District Attorney in February found the resident to be justified in the shooting, the criminal case over two years later, according to one source. The civil lawsuit now claims that the intruder had not posed any threat to either of the couple.

In statements given at the time, the couple said they had come home from a night on the town to find the front door kicked in. A man inside was on …Read the Rest

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