Fayetteville, N.C. — Police said Thursday that a homeowner who shot and killed an intruder last weekend wouldn't face criminal charges.
Jerry Riley, 54, of 593 Tokay Drive, said a stranger confronted him as he entered his home Saturday night. Riley said he pulled a handgun on the intruder, and the two men then struggled over the gun.
The gun went off, and the intruder took the pistol and ran out of the house, police said.
Officers investigating the burglary found Joshua Caleb Pratt, 27, of 662 Glenola Drive, in the street with a gunshot would to the abdomen. He was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where he died.



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It is trite to say, but there is a great amount of truth to it: When guns are outlawed, then only outlaws will use guns. I think these gun control laws are contrived at best.
Case In Point: Home Invader attacks, violates, tortures and shoots a woman to death. Do you honestly think - for even a split second - that the bandit would have thought twice about using a gun in the incident? What, was his thought process: "Well, I was going to do all these things to her, but alas guns are illegal, so I won't use a firearm. I don't know why I went to the trouble of finding one on the black market in the first place."
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