Police in Elgin, Texas say 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. faces a third-degree felony count of deadly conduct after an early-morning shooting in an H-E-B parking lot. Elgin Police Department hide caption
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Santa Rosa (Fla.) County Sheriff Bob Johnson is encouraging homeowners to shoot intruders to "save the taxpayers money." Defense attorneys are aghast at the seeming disregard for life. Santa Rosa County livestream hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference in Kyiv. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Adil Dghoughi, 31, was parked in a car in a rural neighborhood late at night. According to local reports, Dghoughi was shot through the window of the car and died on the scene. Adil Dghoughi hide caption
"This tale defies logic," Trayvon Martin's family said on Wednesday after George Zimmerman filed a lawsuit against the family. Sybrina Fulton, mother of Martin, is seen here delivering a speech in 2017. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
Curtis Reeves Jr. takes the stand to testify during his hearing in Dade City, Fla., last month. A judge denied his request to dismiss the charges against him under Florida's Stand Your Ground law. Octavio Jones/AP hide caption
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Markus Kaarma waits to be dismissed during an afternoon break in Missoula County Court in Missoula, Mont., in this Dec. 5 photo. A jury found Kaarma guilty Wednesday of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of a German high school exchange student who entered his garage. Arthur Mouratidis/Reuters /Landov hide caption
This undated file still image taken from video shows Markus Kaarma at his home in Missoula, Mont. Bill Gorman/AP hide caption
Lawyer Bruce Zimet comforts Marissa Alexander during a hearing Monday in Jacksonville, Fla. Bruce Lipsky/AP hide caption
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the annual convention of the NAACP in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday. Holder told the convention that "Stand Your Ground" laws that have been adopted in 30 states should be reconsidered. David Manning/Reuters /Landov hide caption
George Zimmerman leaves court with his family after Zimmerman's not guilty verdict was read in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Fla. on Saturday. Joe Burbank/AP hide caption
George Zimmerman arrives in the courtroom for closing arguments in his murder trial on Friday in Sanford, Fla. Getty Images hide caption
George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, at a court hearing last June in Seminole County, Fla. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/pool/Getty Images hide caption
Selina Gray of Sanford, Fla., at a protest there on March 31. Julie Fletcher/AP hide caption