Montgomery, Alabama

From the October 31, 2005 Montgomery Advertiser:

A Montgomery man was killed Sunday night when a scuffle in an apartment complex parking lot turned deadly.

Charles Shuford, 19, died of gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, said Lt. Huey Thornton, a police spokesman. Although the 23-year-old shooter has been identified, police were not releasing his name this morning.

“It’s possible that the shooting was justifiable,” Thornton said.

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Witnesses told detectives that the alleged shooter and his girlfriend were leaving a party inside the apartment complex when they were accosted by several men, including Shuford.

“Remarks were made toward the girlfriend,” Thornton said. “They were sexually explicit in nature.”

The woman’s boyfriend got into an argument with the men, who then allegedly attacked him, Thornton said. In the course of the struggle, the man pulled a Glock .357 and fired two shots, both of which hit Shuford.

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Thornton said the case will likely go before a grand jury. Because of the circumstances, the slaying is not being investigated as a murder.