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Jun 3, 2008 10:39 am US/Central
Kaufman County Man Charged For Shooting Teen
(AP)
A Kaufman County man has been charged for the shooting of a teenager who was walking across his yard with a friend, whose mother was killed in a wreck while driving the teen to the hospital.
W.C. Frosch, 74, was indicted last week on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The felony is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Frosch was in his home March 1 when he shot Brandon Robinson through a window, striking the 15-year-old under his left arm. Frosch said he believed Brandon and Devin Nalls, 16, were going to break into his home.
The teenagers told officers they had been cutting across yard to go to a property on one side of Frosch's. They ran back to Devin's home, next Frosch's property, after the shooting.
Devin's mother, June Nalls, 41, was driving them to the hospital when another vehicle crossed the center line and struck the truck they were in head-on, police said. June Nalls was killed; her son Devin and Brandon survived.
Police arrested Agustin Renteria, 27, of Kaufman, on a charge of failure to stop and render aid. Other charges were pending blood alcohol test results.
At the time of the shooting, Kaufman County authorities declined to file charges against Frosch and cited the "Castle Doctrine." The law allows residents to use deadly force to protect their property in some situations.
"Self-defense claims are weighed on a case-by-case basis, based on the facts," Kaufman County District Attorney Rick Harrison said Monday. "We decided to take it to the grand jury, and they indicted him."
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