NEWTON, N.C.—A man killed in a shooting at a western North Carolina house party earlier this month that left 11 other people injured was inadvertently shot by a partygoer returning fire at shooters on a nearby hillside, authorities said Tuesday.
Officials won’t pursue criminal charges against the person responsible for the death of Shawn Hood, 58, of Lenoir, said spokesperson Maj. Aaron Turk with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office.
“In North Carolina laws concerning self-defense are clear. Our investigation has shown that the person responsible for Mr. Hood’s death was not intending to target Mr. Hood, but again, was targeting the hillside shooters,” Turk said at a news conference. “As such and at this time there’s not going to be any charges pursued criminally against the person responsible for Mr. Hood’s death.”…