Black Father Shot and Killed By White Neighbor Claiming Self-Defense, Neighbors Question Shooter’s Story

On November 3rd, 28-year-old Justin King, a Black man, was fatally shot and killed by his white neighbor.

Witnesses of the tragedy are now disputing the police’s story that it was an attempted home invasion, BET reported.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department in Bourbon, Missouri claimed the homeowner “feared for his life” and then shot King after he was allegedly attempted to force “entry into a neighboring residence where an altercation took place.”

Apparently, three neighbors find the shooter’s story suspicious. They say that the white neighbor has a consistent history of violence, which include race-related issues, and previously expressed wanting to kill someone.

King’s father John King told NBC News, “The only person who says it’s a home invasion is the guy that shot my son.” “He had no shirt on, only pajama bottoms. So how was he a threat?”

People described King as a “happy-go-lucky” man who had relocated to Bourbon from St. Louis so that he could be closer to his 9-year-old daughter.

The Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel Jr. will be representing the King family and has made a note that both King and the neighbor had cameras on their properties however The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department has yet to release any video footage to the public or otherwise.