The fatal shooting of a Black man in a trailer park is rocking a rural community in Missouri as neighbors who say they witnessed the killing dispute the police narrative of events.
Justin King was shot Nov. 3 in the small town of Bourbon, Missouri, by his neighbor. King's family said he was killed in "cold blood."
But family members of King and five people who live in the trailer park told NBC News they doubt that narrative. "He had no shirt on, only pajama bottoms. So how was he a threat?" John King said."Justin was shot in cold blood outside in broad daylight.", individuals are allowed to use deadly force against intruders without the duty to retreat, based on the notion that their home is"their castle."
"I heard him say, 'I thought we were friends.' And [the neighbor] said, 'We were!' and he just slowly walked back," she said. Trina Willson, who lives several trailers behind the shooter, said:"He knew Justin. You would think that if your friend was coming into your house, you'd be like, 'Hey, man, what are you doing?' Why do you automatically resort to pulling out a gun and shooting him? How can this even possibly go down as self-defense?"
Stiller said the neighbor was known to show off his gun — including once at a party she threw on Oct. 30.Bosek recalled that King told her months before the shooting that the neighbor had threatened to shoot him.
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