Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Portland, Oregon

From Portland’s KOIN.com of February 20, 2007
Man Found Not Guilty Of Murdering Friend

A 27-year-old man accused of murdering his best friend was found not guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court Tuesday.

Matthew Lisicki was found not guilty after prosecutors were unable to disprove Lisicki's argument that he killed 21-year-old Derek Rew in self defense.

Lisicki's attorneys said Rew punched Lisicki, then 24, in the face and threatened to kill him before Lisicki shot five bullets into Rew. The shots, attorneys said, were fired upward, as if Lisicki had been on the floor looking up at Rew.

Lisicki said he's puzzled why prosecutors charged him with the April 2004 murder. He says that he has been honest from the beginning.

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