{"id":1760484,"date":"2022-12-03T06:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1760484"},"modified":"2022-12-03T07:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:18:21","slug":"no-murder-charge-for-california-robber-who-shot-gas-station-clerk-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-murder-charge-for-california-robber-who-shot-gas-station-clerk-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"No Murder Charge for California Robber Who Shot Gas Station Clerk to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-murder-charge-for-california-robber-who-shot-gas-station-clerk-to-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1760484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/original_Screen_Shot_2022-12-02_at_13.36.03.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>                A man who fatally shot a Chevron station clerk during a robbery in Antioch, <a href=\"http:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/cursorgate-internet-explodes-after-california-democrat-accuses-charlie-kirk-of-orchestrating-a-hate-campaign-in-bizarre-tweet\">California<\/a>, will not be facing murder charges, prosecutors for the case have said, arguing that because the suspect was shot at while fleeing, his <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/uvalde-survivors-sue-law-enforcement-agencies-of-their-failure-to-act-in-school-shooting\">shooting<\/a> back would be considered self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place Saturday, November 26 while James Williams, 36, was working the early morning shift.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Jackson Jr., 20, and another suspect who has yet to be identified, reportedly entered the gas station at around 2 a.m. and pulled out a gun, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/suspect-held-after-antioch-gas-station-clerks-slaying-but-no-murder-charge\">KTVU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Williams then allegedly pulled out a weapon of his own, following which the two suspects ran out of the store, dropping stolen goods as they did so.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were a good distance away when Williams shot and wounded Jackson, causing him to fall to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Williams continued shooting, which is when Jackson allegedly returned fire, killing Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement released on Thursday, the office of District Attorney Diana Becton said that they have &#8220;declined to file murder charges in this case solely on a legal and factual determination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the eyes of the law, Mr. Williams&#8217; actions ceased to be self-defense when Mr. Williams pursued Mr. Jackson and the other suspect with a firearm \u2013 and continued to pursue Mr. Jackson after he shot him,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The legal distinction is clear: when your property and life are being threatened, an individual is legally justified in using deadly force in self-defense,&#8221; she continues. &#8220;However, once the threat of harm has dissipated, the victim of a property crime cannot then use deadly force to reclaim stolen property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Becton did say however that the tragic death of Williams &#8220;will be a substantial factor in the DA\u2019s position in asking for greater penalties in the sentencing of the defendants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams&#8217;s girlfriend and co-worker, Annette Matamoroz, was dumbfounded by the decision.<\/p>\n<p>I totally disagree with this,&#8221; she tearfully told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/california-clerk-was-fatally-shot-robbery-suspect-police-say-suspect-w-rcna59657?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma\">NBC News<\/a> on Thursday. &#8220;It is murder. It doesn&#8217;t seem like murder; it is murder. What else could it be?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jackson has been charged with robbery, possession of stolen goods, and a firearm enhancement, according to the local police.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who fatally shot a Chevron station clerk during a robbery in Antioch, California, will not be facing murder charges, prosecutors for the case have said, arguing that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1760487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1760484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1760487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1760484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1760484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}