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No charges for Connecticut teacher who mistakenly shot son | No charges for Connecticut teacher who mistakenly shot son |
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A popular Connecticut teacher who shot dead a masked knife-wielding intruder who turned out to be his adoptive son will not be charged, police say. | A popular Connecticut teacher who shot dead a masked knife-wielding intruder who turned out to be his adoptive son will not be charged, police say. |
State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky said Jeffrey Giuliano was defending himself. | |
It is still unclear why his 15-year-old son, Tyler, tried to break into his aunt's home next door and walked towards his father with a knife. | |
A family lawyer said at the time of the shooting on 27 September 2012 that Mr Giuliano was "devastated". | |
State police said Mr Giuliano went outside his home in New Fairfield with a gun, after his sister, who lived next door, called to say someone was trying to break into her house. | |
He saw a masked person holding a knife come toward him in a threatening manner and shot him several times. | He saw a masked person holding a knife come toward him in a threatening manner and shot him several times. |
Mr Giuliano only found afterwards that it was Tyler. | Mr Giuliano only found afterwards that it was Tyler. |
On Friday, Mr Sedensky said Mr Guiliano had believed the person was holding a gun, and "reasonably believed that [the person] presented him with the threat of imminent death or great bodily harm". | On Friday, Mr Sedensky said Mr Guiliano had believed the person was holding a gun, and "reasonably believed that [the person] presented him with the threat of imminent death or great bodily harm". |
"It would not have been possible for Giuliano to know whether he could retreat with complete safety to avoid shooting the subject," the state's attorney wrote. | "It would not have been possible for Giuliano to know whether he could retreat with complete safety to avoid shooting the subject," the state's attorney wrote. |
The family, who have three other children, adopted the 15-year-old and his sister four years ago. | The family, who have three other children, adopted the 15-year-old and his sister four years ago. |
According to the family lawyer Gene Zingaro, the children's biological father was being sent to prison. | According to the family lawyer Gene Zingaro, the children's biological father was being sent to prison. |
Mr Zingaro said Mr Giuliano's family has "literally hundreds of questions as to what Tyler was doing". | Mr Zingaro said Mr Giuliano's family has "literally hundreds of questions as to what Tyler was doing". |
"Those questions will probably go unanswered forever," Mr Zingaro said in October. | "Those questions will probably go unanswered forever," Mr Zingaro said in October. |
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