South Carolina Man Fatally Shot After Breaking Into an Apartment

A man in South Carolina was shot and killed after he broke into an apartment.

Police say the man broke into the apartment around 10:30 p.m. The apartment renter shot the man after he said a man kicked his apartment door in.

Investigators have now closed the case and will not file charges, saying the man in the apartment acted in self-defense. South Carolina has a Castle Doctrine and has no duty to retreat.

The deceased man, who died at the hospital from his wounds, has not been named at the time of this writing.

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