The Anatomy of a Self Defense Shooting

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This two part article appears on the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network's website. If you're not familiar with them, they are one of the larger entities providing CCW insurance. The articles detail the story of an armed CCW carrier who was tried for 1st Degree Murder...among other things...for shooting an unarmed man. And he was found not guilty.

Obviously this company is trying to sell their insurance. But this is still a fascinating read with lots of good information in it. It's pretty long but worth the time IMO.

Network President Marty Hayes on occasion takes work as an expert witness, testifying about ballistics, crime scene reconstruction, blood spatter, use of force and various other issues relating to armed self defense. Some years ago, he provided expert testimony when Spencer Newcomer (shown below, left with Network Advisory Board Member Massad Ayoob Massad Ayoob, who recommended Hayes' expertise for the Newcomer case, and later featured Spencer on a ProArms podcast. You can hear more of his story at 087 The Spencer Newcomer Case - The ProArms Podcast.) was taken to trial in York, PA, facing charges of first- and third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter for the June 10, 2012 shooting death of David Wintermyer.

Hayes was hired by defense attorney Christopher Ferro to explain evidence in the case to clear Newcomer, who had been jailed in the York County Prison for nine months before a jury found him not guilty. Now, over five years later, Newcomer has attempted to rebuild his life, having moved to a different state far away from the area in which he grew up and lived until the shooting. We are privileged to share an interview Hayes recorded after the trial with Mr. Newcomer and his defense attorney. It contains many vital lessons, and we switch now to Q&A between Hayes, Newcomer and Ferro.

Part 1
Anatomy of a Self Defense Shooting

Part 2
The Anatomy of a Self-Defense Shooting, Pt. 2

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