{"id":72199,"date":"2021-09-17T09:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=72199"},"modified":"2021-09-17T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:34:09","slug":"72199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=72199","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Man shot after broken necklace dispute in Jefferson County ruled self-defense<\/a><\/p>\n

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) \u2014 A 31-year-old man is dead after an argument over a broken necklace led to a shooting early Sunday morning, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said Maurice Carter was shot after witnesses reported he showed up to a home angry about a chain necklace that had been damaged during an altercation earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said Carter reportedly came to the home in 200 block of 18th Avenue Northwest around 2:15 a.m., began arguing, and pulled out a gun.<\/p>\n

Carter then reportedly pointed the gun at one of the people at the home.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said that person was reportedly able to back away from Carter with his hands up and retrieve a shotgun.<\/p>\n

The shotgun was fired once and Carter was struck.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Woman shot to death during family argument in Fairfield<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said Carter fled around the side of the home where responding deputies located him.<\/p>\n

Deputies attended to Carter until medical personnel arrived.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said Carter was taken to UAB hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

After presenting the case to the Jefferson County District Attorney\u2019s Office, the sheriff’s office said it was determined that the shooting of Carter was in self-defense and that there will be no charges pursued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Man shot after broken necklace dispute in Jefferson County ruled self-defense JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) \u2014 A 31-year-old man is dead after an argument over a broken necklace led to a shooting early Sunday morning, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said Maurice Carter was shot after witnesses reported he showed … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72200,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199\/revisions\/72200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}