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WEBVTT JUST SECONDS AFTER THE MAN WITH THE GUN TOLD THIS WOMAN SHE WA GOING TO DIE, INSTEAD, SECONDS LATER -- >> SHE PULLED A GUN OUT OF HER BELT AND SHOT HI HIS PREDICTION. THE WOMAN DIDN’T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA BUT TOLD ME, I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE. >> CLEARLY JUSTIFIED. BRIAN: HAMILTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR JOE DETERS SAYS HE WILL NOT FILE CHARGES AGAINST THE WOMAN. >> IF YOU GO INTO A STORE WITH A GUN, OR A HOME, WITH A GUN, TO ROB IT, YOU HAVE FORFEITED YOUR RIGHT NOT TO BE SHOT. BRIAN: IT’S ALL CAUGHT ON SECURITY CAMERAS, THE MAN ENTERS THE PONY KEG ON GLENWAY. YOU SEE HIM DRAW HIS GUN. HE GOES BEHIND THE COUNTER WITH A BAG DEMANDING THE MONEY. >> HE SAID I’M GOING TO KILL YOU, HE KEPT SAYING IT CONSTANTLY. BRIAN: THEN YOU SEE THE WOMAN PULL HER GUN AND SHE FIRES. BUT IT’S NOT OVER, THEY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AND HE EVENTUALLY COLLAPSES IN THE DOORWAY, THE ENDING OF A LIFE TURNED TROUBLED. >> I WOULD CALL IT A DARK SPIRAL HE WAS IN THAT HE WAS SO DESPERATE FOR MONEY THAT HE DID THIS. BRIAN: THE MAN WITH THE GUN IS JAMES DOUGLAS. NEIGHBORS SAY HE OWNED A MASONRY BUSINESS, AND WAS SUFFERING SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS. HE HAD FOUR CHILDREN BUT A 13-YEAR-OLD DIED IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2010. BUT IT ALL ENDED FOR DOUGLAS WHEN HE USED A GUN TO TRY TO ROB A WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO ARME INVESTIGATORS CHALLENGED THAT DOUGLAS DID HAVE A HANDGUN THAT WAS LOADED, BUT THERE WAS NOT A BULLET IN THE CHAMBER.

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No charges will be filed against a West Price Hill store owner who shot and killed an alleged robber, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said Thursday, adding that she was "clearly justified."The woman, who WLWT is not identifying, said "I fought for my life."She said she is still rattled by the incident and is locking the doors between customers.The incident took place on Jan. 23, when Cincinnati police were called to the Glenway Pony Keg on Glenway Avenue for reports that someone had tried to rob the store.Deters said that the store owner shot and killed a gunman who pointed a gun in her face during a robbery."As long as I've been prosecutor, I've said this repeatedly: If you go into a store with a gun and rob it, you forfeit the right not be shot," Deters said.The prosecutor showed video of the incident, in which the gunman entered the store, went behind the counter and demanded money from the store owner.He threatened to kill her multiple times, Deters said."He said, 'I'm going to kill you.' He said it constantly: 'I'm going to kill you.'"The gunman, later identified as 48-year-old James Douglas, had a loaded gun, Deters said, but he had failed to chamber the first round.Douglas was shot twice, in the chest and the back, Deters said.The police located two firearms at the scene. They found a loaded 9 mm Springfield Arms which Douglas brought to the scene and a Ruger .380 semi-automatic owned by the store owner.Deters said the store owner had a concealed carry license. "This man was in a horrible spiral. He had kids," Deters said. "I feel badly for the children of this man who has been shot, but he brought it upon himself."Neighbors said Douglas was in business for himself in masonry and had four children but one of them died in an accident at age 13 in 2010. Deters clarified that he will not seek charges against the store owner."I'm sure it's traumatic for her, but she did what she had to do," Deters said.