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Man who shot robber at AA gets gun back

Associated Press

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:55 a.m.

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina man who shot and killed an armed robber at an Alcoholic Anonymous gathering in Columbia has his gun back.

Police returned the .32-caliber semiautomatic pistol to Columbia lawyer James Corley.

The local prosecutor said this month that Mr. Corley's shooting of 18-year-old Kayson Helms of Edison, N.J., was justifiable self-defense of himself and others at the center.

The 61-year-old Mr. Corley has a concealed-weapons permit.

Police say Mr. Helms already had robbed one person at gunpoint and was about to rob others when Mr. Corley shot him.

From the Tuesday, June 23, 2009 online edition of The Augusta Chronicle

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