Pictured is the outside of the residence where Justin King was fatally shot Nov. 3, 2021 by his neighbor at the Lakewood Mobille Home Park in Bourbon. Surveillance video showed King and the neighbor spilling out of the entry to the right of the car. The car, belonging to King's shooter, was burned a week later in protest
Jury Rules King Shooting Was Justifiable Homicide
Tue, 01/11/2022 - 9:38pm
A jury of six Crawford County residents concluded Tuesday that the shooting of Justin King, 28, Bourbon, was a justifiable homicide.
The ruling came after a coroner's inquest at the Crawford County Courthouse.
King, a Black and Filipino man, was shot by his White neighbor Nov. 3, 2021 at the Lakewood Mobile Home Park in Bourbon.
Jury members were shown video evidence from inside King's home and outside the neighbor's home the day of the shooting, ultimately deciding that King's killing was justifed under Missouri's castle doctrine law.
Read more on this story in the Jan. 19 issue of the Independent News.