No charges will be filed against a mother and son who claimed self-defense in the fatal shooting of a suspected home intruder in Minneapolis last month, WCCO-TV reported.
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Martin Lee Johnson, 30, was shot in the chest in the backyard of a residence in the 3300 block of 25th Avenue South on Feb. 22, the station said, citing police.
Police added to WCCO that Ring camera video showed Johnson hopping a six-foot-tall backyard fence before trying to enter the home through a rear patio door. He is then seen entering the detached garage through a backyard service door, the station said.
The 53-year-old mother and her 26-year-old son told investigators they initially thought the man had left their property after seeing him on camera, WCCO reported. With that, the mother said she grabbed her handgun, for which she has a permit, and asked her son to grab her rifle in their basement in case the intruder entered through an egress window, the station said.