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
    15·
    2 years ago

    Just for curiosity’s sake, if it was the middle of the night and someone started pounding on your front door and yelling, then tried to kick your door in, then broke your window, reached in and started trying to unlock your door from the inside, what’s the civilized non-American response to that?

    • LordOfLocksley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      2 years ago

      You engage them in conversion, explain to them simply they are at the wrong house, and keep pushing that point

      Source: I had this situation happen to me at uni, explained to the side he had the wrong house, showed him the house number, and he calmly left.

    • kicksystem@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago
      1. Talk to the person
      2. Call the police and tell the person the police is coming
      3. Block the person from coming in
      4. If he comes in anyway use tools like baseball bat, hammer or kitchen knife to defend yourself