Atlanta car owner arrested after shooting boy who broke into vehicle

A Atlanta carjacking victims He was arrested after shooting a boy who broke into his car.

Officials attached said Fox 5 Atlanta Police responded just before 3 a.m. to a man shot in Fairburn Mess, about 20 miles south of the city center.

When the Atlanta Police Dept Officers cameThey found a boy under the age of 18 with a gunshot wound to the leg, the report said.

Police said the boy admitted to being shot after getting into the car. He was taken to a local children’s hospital and is expected to survive.

Joshua Carter, 51, was arrested after the incident and charged with aggravated assault, according to police. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via Fox 5 Atlanta)

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The owner of the car, 51-year-old Joshua Carter, told officers that he was confronting the boy when shots were fired, the outlet said.

Carter was later arrested and charged with aggravated assault, according to police. A case was registered against him Fulton County Jail.

internal Georgia LawThere is a law that covers the “use of force in defense of property other than habitation”.

The shooting occurred about 20 miles from downtown Atlanta. (Getty Images via Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg)

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It is justified to threaten or use force against a person when they believe it is necessary to prevent or stop them. Criminal interference By law, they legally own the property.

However, under Georgia law, unless the person using force has a reasonable belief that it is to prevent a “crime of coercion,” the purpose of the use of force or the likelihood of death or great bodily harm, it is not justified to defend property.

The Atlanta Police Department has not confirmed whether self-defense laws will apply in the case. (Atlanta Police Department/Facebook)

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Georgia has a “no duty to retreat” law, which states that those who use force in self-defense, defense of habitat, or protection of property are not required to retreat.

Police have not confirmed whether self-defense laws apply in Friday’s case, according to reports.