No Charges Filed After Juvenile Acts in Self-Defense Stabbing

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDNews) — No charges will be filed against a juvenile involved in a stabbing after investigators determined the teen acted in self-defense, according to reports from the Dothan Police Department.

The incident happened Sunday night on Fortner Street near Twin Lakes Drive. Police say the juvenile was walking along the roadway when he was approached and threatened by two adult men.

The teen’s father said officers concluded his son was protecting himself. “It was determined my son acted in self defense on his part by the Dothan Police Department,” the father said.

According to the father, who will not be named the two adult men chased the juvenile and made threats toward him. Witness accounts allegedly corroborate the version of events as they happened.

The teen struck one of the men in the neck with a knife , whom is expected to make a full recovery. Because the juvenile is a minor, his identity is not being released. The two adult men involved are facing charges not yet confirmed by Dothan Police.