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District Attorney: Kan. man who shot another acted in self defense

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man who fatally shot another man in Wichita last month will not face charges.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Tuesday the shooter acted in self-defense when he fired at 42-year-old Billy Massey Jr. in July. Massey was later found lying in a driveway suffering from several gunshot wounds.

Bennett says Massey went to the home to retrieve property belonging to a woman and threatened the woman’s ex-boyfriend with a gun.

The Wichita Eagle reports Bennett said evidence indicated Massey turned the gun toward the ex-boyfriend’s roommate, who shot Massey. Bennett says Kansans are immune from prosecution if they were acting in self-defense when harming or killing a person.

The shooter fled but later called law enforcement. He was questioned and released.

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