An Indiana man has been busted for killing a ‘suspicious’ person in what he argues was self-defense. At the same time, evidence also shows police let the perpetrator walk minutes before the incident occurred.
As WANE reported on Tuesday, 30-year-old Fort Wayne resident Martell Pickens was home on May 7 when someone reported a suspicious person in his neighborhood. The individual, later identified as 25-year-old Khadolphee Taylor, was seen on video allegedly trying to break into various vehicles.
Taylor then attempted to break into Pickens’s home. Pickens armed himself and went outside to confront Taylor.
Pickens demanded to know what Taylor was doing and then told him to “back up.” But Taylor ignored Pickens and continued to advance toward him.
Pickens then shot him once in the chest.
When Fort Wayne police officers arrived on the scene, Taylor was bleeding from the gunshot wound.
He was then rushed to a nearby hospital and was later pronounced dead.
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