Tales of Self-Defense

According to reports, Samuel L. Brown, 21, and Corey Jermaine Price, 22,
attempted to rob an Indianapolis mom-and-pop variety store on May 18, 2000.
Price pointed a gun at 70-year-old George Smith, a store customer who had
endured a lengthy hospitalization two years earlier after being shot in
another robbery at the same store. Thinking quickly, Smith faked a heart
attack and fell to the floor. The robber left him, taking one storeowner to
the office area. When the robber returned to Smith and again pointed his gun
at him, Smith used his own gun to shoot Price in the head, killing him.
Brown was hit in the shoulder and later arrested, charged in the robbery and
also charged with felony murder in the death of his accomplice. Under
Indiana law, the charge can be filed any time the commission of a felony
leads to a homicide, even if the person killed is a perpetrator. Authorities
ruled the shootings justified.