FeedsSuspect won't be charged in fatal Wayne shooting
The man who shot and killed a 20-year-old Wayne man last week will not face charges, according to Wayne police.
After an extensive investigation that included interviews from several witnesses and acquaintances of Andrew Turner, who was shot last week after allegedly trying to enter another Wayne home, uninvited, the police turned the investigation over to the office of the Wayne County prosecutor, which decides whether charges will be filed, said Lt. Jason Wright of the Wayne Police Department.
“It was ruled self-defense, justifiable,” said Wright.
Police were called to the 4000 block of Niagara Street at about 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 19 to respond to a 911 call that someone had been shot, according to police reports.
They found Turner suffering from gunshot wounds, reports said. He was transported to Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The homeowner was originally held as a suspect, but claimed that Turner had been trying to get into his home, uninvited.
Subsequent investigation showed that the two men had been involved in a fist fight at a different location earlier that night, according to police reports.
The suspect was allegedly shoved out of the other house and went home, reports said. Turner showed up at that house and forced his way in, reports said.
The homeowner leveled the gun at the victim and ordered him to leave, according to reports. A struggle for the gun ensued and that’s when Turner was shot, according to police reports of the incident.
