DETROIT — A Martin Luther King High Jr. High School assistant girls basketball coach has been cleared of any wrongdoing related to the shooting of two teens about 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1.

Michael Scott, 16, died of his injuries an unidentified 15-year-old was also injured. It's alleged Scott and his accomplice attempted to rob 70-year-old Ernest Robinson, who was escorting two high school students from the gym to his vehicle in the parking lot.

"The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office will not charge the basketball coach with any crime," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a release Thursday. "This case is a textbook example of lawful self-defense.

"The coach is a victim, so we are charging the 15-year-old accomplice in this case. What is left here is absolutely tragic by any standard."

As the coach approached his driver's-side door to unlock it, Scott pulled a gun and ordered him not to move as the juvenile attempted to rip a chain from around his neck.

"At the same time the 16-year-old pointed a gun toward the two females who were on the passenger side of the coaches car," prosecutors say. "The females were instructed by the 16-year-old to leave the area and they ran toward Lafayette and were unharmed."

Robinson, a reserve police officer with a permit to carry a concealed weapon, pulled a firearm and shot the teens.

Robinson is allowed to carry in gun-free zones due to his status as a reserve officer.

Priscilla Scott, the mother of Michael Scott,

stating her son did not have a gun to her knowledge an he was "not like that."

Investigators told Fox 2 early on that the shooting was a "clear case of self defense" and that surveillance footage obtained from the scene shows the teens "waiting in a school corridor" prior to the attack and robbery attempt.

The 15-year-old who survived is being held at the Juvenile Detention Center charged with two counts of armed robbery and two assault with intent to rob while armed.

Prosecutors say he will be tried as an adult, which affords the judge the ability to sentence the teen upon conviction as a juvenile or adult at their discretion.

There have been two other recent shootings by registered gun owners in self-defense.

A Detroit lighting worker opened fire on two teen brothers he said tried to rob him last week. He wasn't charged with any crimes. Worthy charged the two brothers while they were still recovering from their injuries in the hospital.



Two days ago, the 54-year-old owners of Leddy's Candy Shop in Detroit killed an attempted robber.

