Columbia police chief Tandy Carter said Thursday the man who shot and killed a robber in the April 11 incident at the Five Points club for AA members can have his gun back.
James Corley, 61, a Columbia lawyer, was cleared Wednesday of the possibility of facing any criminal charges as a result of the shooting.
Police had confiscated Corley's gun, a .32-caliber Kel-Tec, after the shooting and hadn't returned it.
Now that 5th Circuit Solicitor Barney Giese has ruled Corley used justifiable self-defense to defend himself and others against the robber, Corley can have his weapon back, Carter said.
Giese said "overwhelming" evidence and eye witness testimony showed the Kayson Helms, 18, of Edison, N.J., was robbing people at gunpoint at the
Alcoholics Anonymous club when Corley drew his gun and fired, killing Helms.
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