本顿县检方认定男子枪杀继兄可能属自卫 证据不足不再羁押
华盛顿州 Benton County 检察官办公室宣布，经进一步调查，认定此前因涉嫌枪杀继兄被羁押的 该男子 可能属于自卫，现有证据不足以继续羁押，决定不再对其羁押追究。
案件发生在10月12日，地点在 Prosser 市外 Whitstran 一带 North Rothrock Road 24000号街区。Benton County 警长办公室称，该男子 最初向警方称继兄 其继兄 死于驾车枪击，调查随后推翻了这一说法；调查显示两人发生了争执。该男子 此前被以涉嫌二级谋杀收押于 Benton County 监狱。
检方声明称，事发时 其继兄 先向 该男子 投掷石块，砸坏了他枪上的光学瞄准器，两人随后走到屋外对峙；该男子 先朝地面开了多枪警告，随后开枪打死 其继兄。检方表示，在与警长办公室调查人员及承办检察官会商并做进一步调查后，得出了证据显示其可能系自卫的结论。
Benton County Prosecutors Say Evidence Suggests Man Who Shot His Half-Brother Likely Acted in Self-Defense
In Benton County, Washington, the county Prosecutor's Office announced that after further investigation it determined the man likely acted in self-defense in the fatal shooting of his half-brother, and that there is insufficient evidence to continue detaining him.
The shooting occurred on October 12 outside a home in the 24000 block of North Rothrock Road in the Whitstran area outside Prosser. According to the Benton County Sheriff's Office, the man initially told officers his half-brother had been shot in a drive-by shooting, which the investigation later disproved; investigators determined the two men had argued. The man had been booked into the Benton County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.
The prosecutor's office said his half-brother first threw a rock that damaged the optical sight on the man's gun, and the two then went outside, where the man fired multiple warning shots into the ground before fatally shooting his half-brother during the confrontation. The office said the determination followed additional investigation and meetings between investigators and assigned prosecutors.
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图片来源：图：本顿县法院，Prosser（资料图，非案发现场）。照片：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY-SA 4.0）。Benton County Courthouse in Prosser, Washington (file photo). Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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