Fatal Shooting In Brentwood Street Ruled Justifiable
POSTED: Thursday, January 19, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Charges are being dropped against a man arrested last Thursday night after a fatal shooting in Brentwood.
Deounce Harden, 27, was arrested after calling police to report he'd shot someone and an officer arrived to find him standing over the body of Stevon Mitchell, holding a gun.
After further investigation, police said Harden was acting in self-defense and ruled the shooting justifiable under a new state law that allows the use of deadly force when a person is being threatened.
Investigators say Harden was dating Mitchell's ex-wife.
Mitchell, 34, died in front of his business, the World Wash Car Wash at the intersection of Golfair Boulevard and Birch Street.
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