Shooters in Summer Moody case will not be charged.

[petronius]

15. I dislike this, for a couple of reasons: mainly, because I have a high

threshold for what constitutes an excusably 'accidental' shooting, and firing blindly into the bushes doesn't meet that level under any circumstances at all.

More specifically, the bullet wasn't fired by accident, it was fired deliberately in an attempt to communicate a message to other people. I don't know what Alabama law says, but IMO it's only justifiable to fire at other people (and they clearly fired in the direction of the kids, even if they didn't know she specifically was there) when you reasonably fear death or serious injury. It seems premature to let the shooter off the hook before making determinations about the actions (if any) of the teens that would have justified firing.

It could be that AL allows warning shots, but even if so this one wasn't fired responsibly and resulted in death - a jury should be allowed to decide if that's a crime. If warning shots at other people are not generally OK, then it needs to be determined if there was a justification for this one before deciding to not charge the shooter...