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.