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SHARPES. STEWART: BUT THE QUESTION IS, WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE? WESH 2’S DAN BILLOW EXPLAINS WHICH WAY INVESTIGATORS ARE LEANING NOW. >> TO ME, IT’S COLD AND HEARTLESS. DAN: NEIGHBORS SAY 34-YEAR-OLD CLINT BACK WAS SHOT IN THE FACE AND KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE TRAILER WHERE HE LIVES IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF SHARPES. >> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A DISTURBANCE THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE PARTIES IN THE TRAILER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT TURNED OUT SOMEONE LOST THEIR LIFE BECAUS OF IT. DAN: BUT THE QUESTION IS, WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE? DETECTIVES WITH THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE KNOW WHO FIRED THE SHOT, AND HAVE NOT ARRESTED HIM. >> THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING PART OF THE INCIDENT REMAINED THERE, WAITING ON DEPUTIES. DAN: THE SHOOTER LIVES IN THE TRAILER ALONG WITH THE VICTIM. THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS PRESENT WHEN THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. TAMMY SKRYPEK KNOWS THE VICTIM, AND SAYS HE’S DONE SOME WORK FOR HER. WAS HE A HARD WORKER? >> OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. THAT HE WAS. HE WAS A NICE GUY. HE WAS NEVER DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS ME. DAN: AUTHORITIES ARE NOT SAYING WHAT THE DISAGREEMENT THAT LED TO THE SHOOTING WAS ABOUT. COULD IT HAVE BEEN SELF-DEFENSE? >> I’M SURE THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY’LL LOOK AT. THERE’S SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE TRAILER WE WANT THE STATE TO CONSIDER -- WE WANT THE STATE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. DAN: AFTER INVESTIGATORS GATHER THE INFORMATION, THE STA ATTORNEY WILL MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER ANYONE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED OR WHETHER THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFI

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