Incident
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5-03-2017 North Carolina Boone 1-1
Location
May 03, 2017
Boone, North Carolina
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age: 39
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Home Invasion - Perp Does Not Know Victim
- Name: Austin Tyler Cotton
- Age: 21
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Home Invasion
- Home Invasion - subject/suspect/perpetrator injured
- Defensive Use
- Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator
- Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
- Concealed Carry License - Victim
Notes
DGU; suspect forced entry into home; shot by resident with legal handgun.
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
Sources
District
Congressional District: 5State Senate District: 45
State House District: 93