ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) An Albuquerque man who police said fatally shot his black Iraq War veteran neighbor likely won't face charges. Second Judicial District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said Thursday the state attorney general's office and New Mexico State Police both agreed with her agency that no charges should be filed.
The decision comes after civil rights groups demanded an investigation into the shooting death of 24-year-old Jonathan Mitchell. Authorities say Mitchell was shot by neighbor Donnie Pearson during what Pearson described as an exchange of gunfire. Mitchell's family claimed Pearson drove up to Mitchell's garage and shot him in his front yard.
Video taken from an Albuquerque police helicopter showed Mitchell firing first in an exchange of gunfire with Pearson. The video also revealed that Pearson's SUV drove up to Mitchell's garage.
