The homeowner who fatally shot 20-year-old Nicholas Donofrio will not face charges due to the state's "castle doctrine" law, Columbia Police announced Wednesday.

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.”

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
    153·
    10 months ago

    In this case dude tried to kick the door in, then he broke a window, reached in and started trying to unlock the door. What would you have done?

    • infyrin@lemmy.world
      912·
      10 months ago

      Not fucking kill them, for sure. Dude, there’s other places of the body you could’ve shot at to make your point. Least of all, study the human body some to at least know where the parts that aren’t vital that you can shoot to, that’ll at least send the bastard to the hospital to be treated.

      If a gun is not available, find the nearest hard object and just beat that fucker’s body down until they’re down on the ground.

      There is no need to be killing to be involved. When you kill someone over this, you’re in the wrong, by default.