APD SAYS A MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH ON ALB'S WEST SIDE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WAS KILLED IN SELF DEFENSE. 25 YEAR OLD JONATHAN MITCHELL WAS FIRST SPOTTED RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR IRVING AND RAINBOW BY A RESIDENT. THAT MAN CALLED NEIGHBOR DONNIE PEARSON AND HIS TEENAGED SON AFTER MITCHELL BRANDISHED A GUN AT HIM.

PEARSON AND THE BOY DROVE AROUND THE AREA AND SPOTTED MITCHELL GOING INTO AN OPEN GARAGE. WHEN THEY SLOWED TO GET A BETTER LOOK, MITCHELL SHOT AT THEM. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ SAYS THAT'S WHEN PEARSON PULLED A GUN FROM INSIDE HIS CAR AND FIRED BACK. MITCHELL RAN WHEN HE WAS HIT, BUT COLLAPSED A FEW HOUSES AWAY AND DIED.

MARTINEZ SAYS PEARSON HAS A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AND WILL NOT BE CHARGED BECAUSE HE SHOT BACK IN SELF DEFENSE.