TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — No charges will be filed after a man fired his gun striking another in the leg in Terre Haute Monday afternoon.
According to the Terre Haute Police Department, police received a call of a shooting at Greenwood Manor Apartments at 4:15 p.m. Monday. Police say they found the victim and the suspect and the scene was secured. The gunshot victim had been shot in the leg, and was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Further investigation led police to believe that the victim who was shot had been the aggressor in a dispute with the shooter. The shooter, who had a medical condition that prevented him from being able to physically stop the aggressor, reportedly fired the gun in self-defense.
Police say the investigation will continue, but that no charges are being filed against the man who shot the victim.
