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Looks like self defence to me

by JP Bill May 4, 2007 12:13AM PDT

Deadly duel fought over ATV noise

WELCH, W.Va. (AP) ? The annoying buzz of an all-terrain vehicle may have triggered a deadly shootout that led police to file a rare charge of ?murder by duel,? authorities said.

The count, based on a dueling law that predates West Virginia?s statehood, was filed Monday against Steven Bryant Simpson, 47, said state trooper J.S. McCarty.

Simpson is accused of killing Dana Martin, 39, in an April 20 shootout a few hundred yards from Simpson?s home.

?We?ve had shootout-type cases, but I can?t recall one quite like this where there was an argument, then the people separated and came back to the very same location, each knowing the other had a gun,? said prosecutor Sid Bell.

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Must be more to the story

by duckman May 4, 2007 2:38AM PDT

Unless the DA is an idiot. Recent history has shown that prosecutor's can be extremely moronic. Don't understand why he wasn't just charged with murder. Best defense may be to prove "Duel"

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