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IN DANGER AND THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN FORCED TO SUFFER SINCE. >> THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS I CAN’T DO. MARCIE AT 27, JASON STOTLEMYER’S LIFE IS VERY DIFFERENT. >> IT IS DEFINITELY A STRUGGLE. MARCIE STOTLEMYER IS PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN. HE IS LEARNING HOW TO LIVE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND ACCEPT THAT THE MAN WHO PUT HIM HERE IS BEING CALLED JUSTIFIED. >> IT DEFINITELY HURTS. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS RIDICULOUS. MARCIE: STOTLEMYER HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVING A TOW TRUCK THREE OR FOUR WEEKS WHEN HE PULLED OVER TO ASSIST A DRIVER. HE SAYS WITHIN MINUTES HE WAS CONFRONTED BY ANOTHER TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND THREATENED BY TWO MEN WHO WANTED THE TOW AND CALLED A THIRD MAN TO HELP. STOTLEMYER SAYS HE GRABBED A BASEBALL BAT TO DEFEND HIMSELF AND WAS SHOT. THE PROSECUTORS AS THE SHOOTER WAS ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE. >> I FEEL LIKE AT LEAST A JURY SHOULD DECIDE. MARCIE: STOTLEMYER’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS FIGHTING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. >> WE HOPE NEW EVIDENCE WILL BE UNCOVERE AND THE COMMONWEALTH WILL REOPEN THE FILE. MARCIE STOTLEMYER SAYS HE IS TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE. HIS LITTLE BOY, CARTER, WHO WAS JUST SIX MONTHS WHEN HE WAS SHOT -- >> I KEPT SCREAMING, I LOVE YOU, CARTER. MARCIE: -- IS LEARNING TO WALK, AND HE SAYS HE IS ADJUSTING WITH THE HELP OF HIS FIANCÉE. I COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT HER. MARCIE: STOTLEMYER CAN NO LONGER DRIVE A TOW TRUCK, BUT SAYS HE PLANS TO GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN A

Advertisement Tow truck driver paralyzed by gunshot reacts to prosecutors calling his shooting justified Jason Stotlemyer was shot while attempting to tow a car on Washington Boulevard in Pittsburgh.

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Jason Stotlemyer, 27, is paralyzed after being shot while attempting to tow a car along Washington Boulevard on Feb. 2.Last week, he learned that prosecutors are saying that his shooting was justified."It definitely hurts," Stotlemyer said Tuesday. "I feel like it's just ridiculous that something like this can happen, and I feel like at least a jury should decide."He was there, he admitted to doing it, but just the evidence that was there, I feel like it should have been a different outcome."Watch the report by @MCipriani_WTAE in the video player above.Stotlemyer said that when he pulled over to tow the car, another tow truck driver confronted him. He said he was threatened by that man and another man who wanted the tow. Stotlemyer said they called a third man to help force him out of his tow truck, so Stotlemyer said he grabbed a bat to protect himself. That is when, Stotlemyer said, he was shot.Prosecutors said that, when Stotlemyer grabbed the bat, the shooter was justified in defending himself."I just feel like I didn't get the justice that I deserve," Stotlemyer said.Stotlemyer and his attorney, Casey White, said they will continue to gather evidence to present to the district attorney in an effort to change his mind.