Stanley Wilson

Stanley Wilson of the Detroit Lions poses for his 2007 NFL headshot at photo day in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Getty Images)

Correction appended

A grand jury has ruled the shooting of former NFL player Stanley Wilson II was justified under Oregon criminal law, the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

On June 22, Southwest Portland resident Robert McCall shot former football player Stanley Wilson in the abdomen after Wilson tried to break into McCall's home in the 4900 block of Southwest Humphrey Boulevard, police said. Officers found Wilson naked in a water fountain in the backyard.

Oregon Revised Statute 161.219 states that a person is justified in using "deadly physical force upon another person" if the other person was burglarizing or trying to burglarize a home. Chief Deputy District Attorney Don Rees on Tuesday told The Oregonian/OregonLive by email that the Multnomah County grand jury found McCall's use of force was justified.

A similar incident occurred Sunday, June 26, when Southeast Portland resident Tara-Alexis Ford came home with her 5- and 10-year-old children and found a stranger in her child's room, police said. She shot and killed the man, later identified as David Daniel McCrary.

The Portland Police Bureau continues to investigate Ford's use of deadly force, Rees said.

This story has been changed to clarify the decision was made by the grand jury.

-- Francesca Fontana

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