{"id":3206,"date":"2024-04-29T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2024-04-29T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:40:20","slug":"longview-man-shot-dead-in-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3206","title":{"rendered":"Longview Man Shot Dead in Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV.jpg\" data-caption=\"Image via WSIU public television\/NPR\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crime-scene-courtesy-WSIU-PBS-TV.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Crime scene courtesy WSIU PBS TV\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via WSIU public television\/NPR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A fatal shooting incident in East Texas resulted in the death of a Longview, Texas, man, with authorities stating the shooter acted in self-defense, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-journal.com\/news\/local\/longview-man-killed-in-cherokee-county-shooting-officials-say-it-was-self-defense\/article_5f127187-66a0-5274-afaa-11c625d34580.html?=\/&amp;subcategory=128%7CCreative+%26+Performing+Arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longview News-Journal<\/a> is reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported that the shooting occurred around 6:45 p.m. Sunday in a rural area between Bullard and Jacksonville. Responding to a 911 call about the incident, deputies found a man dead from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Brent Dickson said in a statement that initially, two Bullard residents, Stephen Driskel, 54, and Sue Peeler, 64, were detained for questioning regarding the incident. They were later released after the investigation supported Driskel\u2019s claim that he shot the Longview resident in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Under Texas Penal Code 9.31, the use of force against another is justified if it is believed necessary to protect oneself from another\u2019s use or attempted use of unlawful force.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the deceased has not been released, and further details of the confrontation have not been disclosed by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case is still under review and will be forwarded to the District Attorney\u2019s Office to be presented to the Grand Jury,\u201d Dickson added.<\/p>\n<p>No further information has been made available at this time and details remain sketchy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/longview-man-shot-dead-in-self-defense\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via WSIU public television\/NPR A fatal shooting incident in East Texas resulted in the death of a Longview, Texas, man, with authorities stating the shooter acted in self-defense, the Longview News-Journal is reporting. The Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported that the shooting occurred around 6:45 p.m. Sunday in a rural area between Bullard and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}