WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY | No Indictment In Fatal Shooting
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(LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- A grand jury has dismissed murder charges against a University of Kentucky student who shot a Louisville man in a struggle outside a Lexington apartment complex.
Twenty-year-old UK junior Brian Briggs said in an interview that he told a grand jury Tuesday that he shot 22-year-old Cory Harris in self defense. He says Harris threatened to kill him during a May 2nd robbery. Harris died a day later.
Grand juries meet in secret to decide if prosecutors have sufficient evidence to make a suspect stand trial. Authorities must prove only they have probable cause to proceed.
It was the second time in four months that a Lexington grand jury has dismissed murder charges against a suspect. Charges against Lucian Anderson, who shot a man in his driveway on Christmas Day, were dismissed by a grand jury in March.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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