No charges in bounty hunter shooting

POSTED: 2:13 PM Nov 15 2012
BAILBONDSMAN

The man involved in a shooting that left a bounty hunter dead is not being charged.

We told you about the shooting that happened back in August. Read previous story: Man shot while searching for fugitive

Sullivan County District Attorney Barry Staubus tells News 5 that the grand jury heard the evidence in the case on Tuesday and decided that David Cresong acted in self-defense when he shot Joseph Scott Horne in August. Read previous story: Man speaks out about bondsman shooting

32-year-old Horne was in Cresong's trailer park in Bristol, Tennessee trying to find a fugitive for a local bonding company when he mistakenly thought Cresong was the fugitive.