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Sheriff Considers Lookout Mountain Shooting As Self Defense

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Created Jun 9 2009 - 6:06pm

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    The Sheriff of Walker County says Monday night's deadly shooting on Lookout Mountain looks like self-defense.

     Two men and three women were involved in a domestic assault in a field between Durham and Walden Roads on Lookout Mountain.
     45-year old Chuck Derryberry was killed by a shotgun blast.
     Witnesses tell investigators that Derryberry was threatening the three women.. And that 35-year old Brian Lee Walden came to their defense.
     Deputies questioned Walden, but then released him.
     Sheriff Steve Wilson says he believes it is a case of self-defense.. But a grand jury may have the final say.


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