Teen who fatally shot his drunk dad to protect his mother from abuse will NOT be charged, police say
Detectives who interviewed the teen concluded that the 16-year-old acted in self-defense to protect his mom from his drunken dad
Police in California has confirmed that they will not charge a 16-year-old in the fatal shooting of his father after they concluded that he acted in self-defense. It was determined that the boy, whose name has been withheld because of his juvenile status, had shot and killed his 54-year-old father, Javier Vera, to protect his mother from physical abuse.
According to a news release by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received a call of an injured person inside a home on the 6800 block of W. Clinton Avenue in Fresno at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. On arrival, responding officers found Vera had been shot and later succumbed to his injuries.